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Exploring some edges: Chunk-and-Pass processing at the very beginning, across representations, and on to action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2016

Rose Maier  and
Dare Baldwin
Rose Maier
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. rosem@uoregon.edu baldwin@uoregon.edu
Dare Baldwin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. rosem@uoregon.edu baldwin@uoregon.edu
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Abstract

We identify three “working edges” for fruitful elaboration of the Chunk-and-Pass proposal: (a) accounting for the earliest phases of language acquisition, (b) explaining diversity in the stability and plasticity of different representational types, and (c) propelling investigation of action processing.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e85
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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