The word-length effect and disyllabic words

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Lovatt, Peter ^a   Avons, S E ^b   Masterson, Jackie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034131949     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755877     Document Type: Article

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