Word frequency, repetition, and lexicality effects in word recognition tasks: Beyond measures of central tendency

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-55

  Balota, David A ^a   Spieler, Daniel H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0033094127     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.128.1.32     Document Type: Article

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