An attractor model of lexical conceptual processing: Simulating semantic priming

Cognitive Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-414

  Cree, George S ^a   McRae, Ken ^a   McNorgan, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0000171982     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog2303_4     Document Type: Article

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