When the daffodat flew to the intergalactic zoo: Off-line consolidation is critical for word learning from stories

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 406-417

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual systems framework; Implicit learning; Lexical integration; Vocabulary acquisition; Vocabulary knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84925688180     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038786     Document Type: Article

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