Fast-mapping children vs. slow-mapping adults: Assumptions about words and concepts in two literatures

Gregory L. Murphy

doi:10.1017/s0140525x01310130

Fast-mapping children vs. slow-mapping adults: Assumptions about words and concepts in two literatures

Gregory L. Murphy

Psychology

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Abstract

Research on children's and adults' concepts embodies very different assumptions of how concepts are structured, as reflected in their experimental designs. Developmental studies seem to assume that categories contain highly similar objects that can all be identified from one or two examples. If concepts are more like those tested in adult experiments, research on word learning may be misleading.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1112-1113
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	24
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01310130
State	Published - Dec 2001

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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Fast-mapping children vs. slow-mapping adults: Assumptions about words and concepts in two literatures

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