Learning new vocabulary during childhood: Effects of semantic training on lexical consolidation and integration

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 572-592

  Henderson, Lisa ^a   Weighall, Anna ^b   Gaskell, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary learning systems; Consolidation; Lexical integration; Pause detection; Rare word learning; Vocabulary acquisition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY LEARNING SYSTEMS; CONSOLIDATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LEXICAL INTEGRATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PAUSE DETECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RARE WORD LEARNING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY ACQUISITION;

COMPLEMENTARY LEARNING SYSTEMS; CONSOLIDATION; LEXICAL INTEGRATION; PAUSE DETECTION; RARE WORD LEARNING; VOCABULARY ACQUISITION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84883012349     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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