Statistical Learning: From Acquiring Specific Items to Forming General Rules

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-176

  Aslin, Richard N ^a   Newport, Elissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

generalization; infants; rule learning; statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862016086     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412436806     Document Type: Article

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