Modeling reading development: Cumulative, incremental learning in a computational model of word naming

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-525

  Monaghan, Padraic ^a   Ellis, Andrew W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Computational modeling; Consistency; Frequency; Neighbors; Reading; Word naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049286691     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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