Transfer and complexity in artificial grammar learning

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-207

  Gomez, Rebecca L ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0031498887     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1997.0654     Document Type: Article

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