Longitudinal analysis of early semantic networks: Preferential attachment or preferential acquisition?

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-739

  Hills, Thomas T ^a   Maouene, Mounir ^b   Maouene, Josita ^c   Sheya, Adam ^c   Smith, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Abdelmalek Essaadi University   (Morocco)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 66649129997     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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