Language-driven concept learning: Deciphering Jabberwocky

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 539-555

  Cabrera, Ángel ^a,b   Billman, Dorrit ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Psychology

^b Anderson Consulting   (Spain)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0030559817     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.22.2.539     Document Type: Article

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