Why word learning is not fast

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Munro, Natalie ^a   Baker, Elise ^a   McGregor, Karla ^a,b   Docking, Kimberly ^a   Arciuli, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Encoding; Fast mapping; Memory; Retention; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867049140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00041     Document Type: Article

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