Time Course of Word Identification and Semantic Integration in Spoken Language

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 394-417

  Van Petten, Cyma ^a,b   Coulson, Seana ^a,b   Rubin, Susan ^a,b   Plante, Elena ^a   Parks, Marjorie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033090855     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.2.394     Document Type: Article

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