The Effects of Distractor Words on Naming Pictures at the Subordinate Level

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 905-926

  Vitkovitch, Melanie ^a   Tyrrell, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033441066     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755854     Document Type: Article

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