Familiarity and pronounceability of nouns and names

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 638-649

  Surprenant, Aimée M ^a,c   Hura, Susan L ^b   Harper, Mary P ^a   Jamieson, Leah H ^a   Long, Glenis ^a   Thede, Scott M ^a   Rout, Ayasakanta ^a   Hsueh, Tsung Hsiang ^a   Hockema, Stephen A ^a   Johnson, Michael T ^a   Srinivasan, Pramila N ^a   White, Christopher M ^a   Laflen, J Brandon ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0033218885     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200740     Document Type: Article

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