Aging and the statistical learning of grammatical form classes

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 481-487

  Schwab, Jessica F ^a   Schuler, Kathryn D ^b,c   Stillman, Chelsea M ^a,c   Newport, Elissa L ^d   Howard, James H ^e,f   Howard, Darlene V ^e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Language; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGING; CASE REPORT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PSYCINFO; SPEECH THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973902406     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000110     Document Type: Article

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