Role of Set in Visual Word Recognition: Activation and Activation Blocking as Nonautomatic Processes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1166-1177

  Stolz, Jennifer A ^a   Besner, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030520618     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.5.1166     Document Type: Article

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