Computational modeling of statistical learning: Effects of Transitional probability versus frequency and links to word learning

Infancy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-486

  Mirman, Daniel ^a   Estes, Katharine Graf ^b   Magnuson, James S ^c  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 79952876715     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2009.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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