Emergent constraints on word-learning: A computational perspective

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Regier, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; COMPUTER MODEL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 0037865188     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00108-6     Document Type: Review

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