Structure and Function in the Lexical System: Insights from Distributed Models of Word Reading and Lexical Decision

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 765-806

  Plaut, David C ^a,b,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031314395     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909697386682     Document Type: Article

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