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'''Jenny Saffran''' is a [[Professor]] of [[Psychology]] at the [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]]. She specializes in [[language acquisition]] and early [[cognitive development]], and she also conducts research on [[music cognition]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Jenny Saffran at the University of Wisconsin-Medison, Weisman Center | url=http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/people/pi/Saffran_Jenny.html | accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref> Saffran views language acquisition as based on general [[cognitive processes]] such as [[statistical learning in language acquisition|statistical learning]], and has conducted numerous empirical studies that support this view.<ref>{{cite web |
'''Jenny Saffran''' is a [[Professor]] of [[Psychology]] at the [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]]. She specializes in [[language acquisition]] and early [[cognitive development]], and she also conducts research on [[music cognition]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Jenny Saffran at the University of Wisconsin-Medison, Weisman Center | url=http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/people/pi/Saffran_Jenny.html | accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref> Saffran views language acquisition as based on general [[cognitive processes]] such as [[statistical learning in language acquisition|statistical learning]], and has conducted numerous empirical studies that support this view.<ref>{{cite web|title=Publications |url=http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/infantlearning/publications.htm |accessdate=19 December 2008 |= |=}}</ref> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Brown University]] and a [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Rochester]]. Saffran is married to fellow [[psychologist]] [[Seth Pollak]], and she is the daughter of [[cognitive neuropsychology|cognitive neuropsychologist]] [[Eleanor Saffran]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Saffran-Pollak Wedding Announcement | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E2DB1E3FF936A35754C0A96E958260 | accessdate=19 December 2008 | work=The New York Times | date=5 July 1998}}</ref> |
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Jenny Saffran is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She specializes in language acquisition and early cognitive development, and she also conducts research on music cognition.[1] Saffran views language acquisition as based on general cognitive processes such as statistical learning, and has conducted numerous empirical studies that support this view.[2] She received a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. Saffran is married to fellow psychologist Seth Pollak, and she is the daughter of cognitive neuropsychologist Eleanor Saffran.[3]
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- ^ "Jenny Saffran at the University of Wisconsin-Medison, Weisman Center". Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Publications". Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Saffran-Pollak Wedding Announcement". The New York Times. 5 July 1998. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
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