Are lexical decisions a good measure of lexical access? The role of word frequency in the neglected decision stage

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 340-357

  Balota, David A ^a   Chumbley, James I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

lexcial decision ; performance on category verification ; pronunciation tasks involving word recognition, college students; word frequency, RT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; MODEL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0021437034     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0096-1523.10.3.340     Document Type: Article

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