Resource conservation as a basis for the mutual exclusivity effect in children's word learning

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Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-28

  Piccin, Thomas B ^a   Blewitt, Pamela ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Cognitive resources; Language development; Mutual exclusivity; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249152626     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723707067544     Document Type: Article

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