Fast mapping of multiple words: Insights into when "the information provided" does and does not equal "the information perceived"

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-762

  Wilkinson, Krista M ^a,b   Ross, Erin ^b   Diamond, Adele ^b  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Deduction; Fast mapping; Language acquisition; Lexical; Preschoolers; Problem solving; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0345330005     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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