Two-Component Theory of the Suffix Effect: Contrary Findings

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1452-1474

  Bloom, Lance C ^a   Watkins, Michael J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; RANDOMIZATION;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033217447     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.6.1452     Document Type: Article

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