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🧒 Language Acquisition: Learning Words from Scenes (2D)

Interactive 2D model of cross-situational word learning: a caregiver names one toy while several are in view, and the learner gradually works out which word means which toy. Click a toy to teach it, and watch the learner's guesses and the word-toy association matrix sharpen.

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Interactive 2D model of cross-situational word learning: a caregiver names one toy while several are in view, and the learner gradually works out which word means which toy. Click a toy to teach it, and watch the learner's guesses and the word-toy association matrix sharpen.

language acquisitionword learningcross-situational learningcognitive sciencelinguisticschild development

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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