Effect of ease-of-acquisition on naming latency for Japanese kanji: A reanalysis of Yamazaki, et al.'s (1997) data

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 991-1002

  Yamada, Jun ^a   Takashima, Hiroomi ^b   Yamazaki, Makiko ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0032239689     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.991     Document Type: Article

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