Working memory and connectionist models of parsing: A reply to MacDonald and Christiansen (2002)

Psychological Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-74

  Caplan, David ^a   Waters, Gloria ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0009721516     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.109.1.66     Document Type: Article

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