The emergence of links between lexical acquisition and object categorization: A computational study

Connection Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 381-397

  Yu, Chen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modelling; Object categorization; Word learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; LEXICAL ACQUISITION; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS; OBJECT CATEGORIZATION; WORD LEARNING;

EID: 27744603128     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090500281554     Document Type: Review

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