Statistical Learning Is Related to Reading Ability in Children and Adults

Cognitive Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-304

  Arciuli, Joanne ^a   Simpson, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Language acquisition; Reading; Reading aloud; Reading development; SL; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; READING;

EID: 84857958850     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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