Rapid word learning under uncertainty via cross-situational statistics: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 414-420

  Yu, Chen ^a   Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34250354422     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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