Abstractionist and processing accounts of implicit learning

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This study uses five experiments to examine the cognitive processes involved in learning an artificial grammar through memorization and hypothesis-testing training. Findings indicate that memorizing subjects employed explicit fragment knowledge when identifying test item grammar but hypothesis-testers had greater success in classifying items due to passive abstraction of grammatical rules.

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German inflection: single route or dual route?

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This article investigates the cognitive and linguistic aspects of inflectional morphology associated with the German plural system. Research supports the dual-route perspective which suggests that inflection is mediated by symbolic rules of regular inflection and associative memories relating to irregular inflection.

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Diversity-based reasoning in children

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The authors examine levels and influences of diversity in children's reasoning. Topics include inductive reasoning, diversity influences and, types and use of diversity evidence.

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