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Computational models of working memory for language. / Hitch, Graham; Hurlstone, Mark; Hartley, Tom.
The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language. ed. / John W. Schwieter; Edward Z. S. Wen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. p. 143-174 (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).

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Hitch, G, Hurlstone, M & Hartley, T 2022, Computational models of working memory for language. in JW Schwieter & EZS Wen (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 143-174. <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-working-memory-and-language/B9DC19AD1E505F54F497752C77E6560B>

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Hitch, G., Hurlstone, M., & Hartley, T. (2022). Computational models of working memory for language. In J. W. Schwieter, & E. Z. S. Wen (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language (pp. 143-174). (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics). Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-working-memory-and-language/B9DC19AD1E505F54F497752C77E6560B

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Hitch G, Hurlstone M, Hartley T. Computational models of working memory for language. In Schwieter JW, Wen EZS, editors, The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2022. p. 143-174. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).

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Hitch, Graham ; Hurlstone, Mark ; Hartley, Tom. / Computational models of working memory for language. The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language. editor / John W. Schwieter ; Edward Z. S. Wen. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022. pp. 143-174 (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).

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