Learning words over time: The role of stimulus repetition in mutual exclusivity

Infancy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-76

  Mather, Emily ^a   Plunkett, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 59249108808     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000802569702     Document Type: Article

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