Learning New Word Meanings from Context: A Study of Eye Movements

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 225-235

  Chaffin, Roger ^a   Morris, Robin K ^b   Seely, Rachel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 85047682752     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.1.225     Document Type: Article

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