Statistical Learning Mechanisms in Infancy

Neural Circuit Development and Function in the Heathy and Diseased Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 231-248

  Lany, J ^a   Saffran, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397267-5.00034-0     Document Type: Chapter

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