Learning to Talk About the Properties of Objects: A Network Model of the Development of Dimensions

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 36, Issue C, 1997, Pages 219-255

  Smith, Linda B ^a   Gasser, Michael ^a   Sandhofer, Catherine M ^a  

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EID: 77956710170     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60285-6     Document Type: Chapter

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