Dynamic noun generalization: Moment-to-moment interactions shape children's naming biases

Infancy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-110

  Samuelson, Larissa K ^a   Horst, Jessica S ^a  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 34250808412     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in1101_5     Document Type: Article

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