Linking working memory and long-term memory: A computational model of the learning of new words

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 853-873

  Jones, Gary ^a   Gobet, Fernand ^b   Pine, Julian M ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 35548999214     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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