Computation of conditional probability statistics by 8-month-old infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-324

  Aslin, Richard N ^a   Saffran, Jenny R ^b   Newport, Elissa L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0006911053     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00063     Document Type: Article

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