Naming the Snodgrass and Vanderwart Pictures: Effects of Age of Acquisition, Frequency, and Name Agreement

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 560-585

  Barry, Christopher ^a,c   Morrison, Catriona M ^b   Ellis, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031519971     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/783663595     Document Type: Article

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