From specific examples to general knowledge in language learning

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-39

  Tamminen, Jakke ^a   Davis, Matthew H ^b   Rastle, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalisation; Language learning; Memory consolidation; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927712032     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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