Abstraction Processes in Artificial Grammar Learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 216-252

  Shanks, David R ^a   Johnstone, Theresa ^a   Staggs, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0346158731     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755680     Document Type: Article

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