The role of computational models in neuropsychological investigations of language: reply to Ruml and Caramazza (2000).
W. Ruml and A. Caramazza's (2000) analysis of the model of normal and aphasic lexical access proposed by G. S. Dell, M. F. Schwartz, N. Martin, E. M. Saffran, and D. A. Gagnon (1997) is completely at odds with current practice concerning the use of models in psychology. An evaluation of Dell et al.'s original claims using Ruml and Caramazza's model parameters sustains these claims in all respects.
Dell
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GS
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA. gdell@s.psych.uiuc.edu
Schwartz
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MF
Martin
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N
Saffran
E M
EM
Gagnon
D A
DA
D001037:Aphasia; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009482:Neurophysiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results