Learning new words : effects of meaning, memory consolidation, and sleep

Although encountering novel words in one's own language in adulthood is not an uncommon event, the relevant cognitive processes have become the target of systematic investigation only in recent years. This thesis addressed three main questions regarding word learning. The first was concerned wi...

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Main Author: Tamminen, Jakke
Other Authors: Gaskell, Gareth
Published: University of York 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516513