Learning at a distance II. Statistical learning of non-adjacent dependencies in a non-human primate

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-117

  Newport, Elissa L ^a   Hauser, Marc D ^b   Spaepen, Geertrui ^b   Aslin, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SAGUINUS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 4344680838     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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