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- Title
Some cognitive tools for word learning: The role of working memory and goal preference.
- Authors
Racsmany, Mihaly; Lukacs, Agnes; Pleh, Csaba; Kiraly, Ildiko
- Abstract
Proposes that the focus on cognitive factors involved in word learning presented in the book 'How Children Learn the Meaning of Words,' by Paul Bloom still lacks a broader perspective. Relevance of working memory in learning the elements of language; Importance of a theory of mind related to goal preference in acquiring spatial language; Dissociative relationships between vocabulary acquisition and working memory.
- Subjects
VOCABULARY; LEARNING; HOW Children Learn the Meanings of Words (Book); BLOOM, Paul
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2001, Vol 24, Issue 6, p1115
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article