Age of Acquisition Norms for a Large Set of Object Names and Their Relation to Adult Estimates and Other Variables

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 528-559

  Morrison, Catriona M ^a,d   Chappell, Tameron D ^b   Ellis, Andrew W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031536184     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027249897392017     Document Type: Article

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