Network structure influences speech production

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-697

  Chan, Kit Ying ^a   Vitevitch, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Architecture; Complex Systems; Computer Science; Linguistics; Memory; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955261634     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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