Adding new word associations to semantic memory: Evidence for two interactive learning components

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 103-132

  Schrijnemakers, Joseph M C ^a   Raaijmakers, Jeroen G W ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Associative priming; Episodic and semantic memory; Lexical decision; Repetition priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031154635     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(96)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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