A neurocomputational account of taxonomic responding and fast mapping in early word learning.

We present a neurocomputational model with self-organizing maps that accounts for the emergence of taxonomic responding and fast mapping in early word learning, as well as a rapid increase in the rate of acquisition of words observed in late infancy. The quality and efficiency of generalization of w...

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Autores principales: Mayor, J, Plunkett, K
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010