The influence of clustering coefficient on word-learning: How groups of similar sounding words facilitate acquisition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Goldstein, Rutherford ^a   Vitevitch, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering coefficient; Neighborhood density; Network science; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921413863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01307     Document Type: Article

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