Further evidence for feature correlations in semantic memory

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 360-373

  McRae, Ken ^b   Cree, George S ^c   Westmacott, Robyn ^c   De Sa, Virginia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; TIME;

HUMANS; MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033253993     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087323     Document Type: Article

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