Hebb learning, verbal short-term memory, and the acquisition of phonological forms in children

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-514

  Mosse, Emma K ^a   Jarrold, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonword learning; Short term memory; The Hebb effect; Vocabulary development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 40049086868     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701680779     Document Type: Article

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