Rapid fast-mapping abilities in 2-year-olds

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-140

  Spiegel, Chad ^a   Halberda, Justin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast mapping; Language acquisition; Mutual exclusivity; Referent selection; Retention; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION;

CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79952189942     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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