Petursdottir AI, Nicoladis E. Explaining First Language Acquisition in Terms of Basic Behavioral Processes: Introduction to the Special Section.
Perspect Behav Sci 2023;
46:515-519. [PMID:
38144554 PMCID:
PMC10733266 DOI:
10.1007/s40614-023-00393-y]
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Abstract
This special section of Perspectives on Behavior Science follows up on a virtual panel discussion on the role of operant and Pavlovian processes in children's language learning. We present four articles, including two contributed by panelists, that illustrate the explanatory power of operant conditioning processes in the study of language.
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