The neighborhood distribution effect in visual word recognition: Words with single and twin neighbors

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 184-205

  Mathey, Stéphanie ^a,b   Zagar, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; VISION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034133895     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.1.184     Document Type: Article

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