Frequency effects and lexical access: On the interpretation of null pseudohomophone base-word frequency effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 270-275

  Borowsky, Ron ^a   Masson, Michael E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033481574     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.1.270     Document Type: Article

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