Exclusion learning and emergent symbolic category formation in individuals with severe language impairments and intellectual disabilities

Psychological Record

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-206

  Wilkinson, Krista M ^a,d   Rosenquist, Celia ^b   Mcllvane, William J ^c  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b United States Department of Education   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Medical School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 67149141454     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03395658     Document Type: Article

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