Stored word sequences in language learning: The effect of familiarity on children's repetition of four-word combinations: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Bannard, Colin ^a   Matthews, Danielle ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 40249107861     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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