Memory blocks in word fragment completion caused by involuntary retrieval of orthographically related primes

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-370

  Smith, Steven M ^a   Tindell, Deborah R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031489510     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.355     Document Type: Article

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