A memory-based theory of verbal cognition

Cognitive Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-193

  Dennis, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Expectation maximization algorithm; Inference; Paradigmatic; Semantic memory; Sentence processing; Short term memory; String edit theory; Syntagmatic

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244381382     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_9     Document Type: Article

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