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Evidence against a dedicated system for word learning in children
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Metadata
- Authors
- Markson, L., & Bloom, P.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1997-02
- Volume
- 385
- Issue
- 6619
- Pages
- 813-815
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1992807165
- Cited by
- 381
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 11.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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