Does phonological short-term memory causally determine vocabulary learning? Toward a computational resolution of the debate

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-502

  Gupta, Prahlad ^a   Tisdale, Jamie ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Language; Nonword repetition; Phonological memory; Short term memory; Vocabulary learning; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350705830     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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