Fast mapping, slow learning: Disambiguation of novel word–object mappings in relation to vocabulary learning at 18, 24, and 30months

2012/10/10 by Ricardo A.H. Bion, Ricardo A. H. Bion, Arielle Borovsky +1 · 334 citations
Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Child and Animal Learning Development #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Language Development and Disorders #Linguistics #Object (grammar) #Psychology #Reading and Literacy Development #Referent #Vocabulary #Vocabulary development #Word (group theory) #Word learning

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.08.008

published in Cognition 126(1), 39-53 (Elsevier BV)

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