Learning words in space and time: Probing the mechanisms behind the suspicious-coincidence effect

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1049-1057

  Spencer, John P ^a   Perone, Sammy ^a   Smith, Linda B ^b   Samuelson, Larissa K ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive processes; language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80051602259     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611413934     Document Type: Article

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