Semantic competition as the basis of stroop interference: Evidence from color-word matching tasks

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-40

  Luo, Chun R ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002859703     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00103     Document Type: Article

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