Is this a dax which I see before me? Use of the logical argument disjunctive syllogism supports word-learning in children and adults

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-344

  Halberda, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deduction; Disjunction; Mutual exclusivity; Negation; Preschoolers; Syllogistic reasoning; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LOGIC; MALE; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750192915     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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