Implicit learning and recursion

Language and Recursion

Volumn 9781461494140, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-85

  Rohrmeier, M ^a   Dienes, Z ^b   Guo, X ^c   Fu, Q ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Context free grammar; Finite state grammar; Keyword: Implicit learning; Recursion; Unconscious knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901810825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9414-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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