Automatic semantic similarity priming

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 558-572

  McRae, Ken ^a   Boisvert, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032372877     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.3.558     Document Type: Article

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