Cross-situational learning: An experimental study of word-learning mechanisms

Cognitive Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-498

  Smith, Kenny ^a   Smith, Andrew D M ^b   Blythe, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cross situational learning; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953059799     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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