Using mathematical models of language experimentally

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 284-289

  O'Donnell, Timothy J ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^a   Fitch, W Tecumseh ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

BABIES; CHILDREN; EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS; NON-HUMAN ANIMALS;

FORMAL LANGUAGES;

HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 19544387612     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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