Sentence comprehension is mediated by content-addressable memory structures

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-123

  McElree, Brian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034145642     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005184709695     Document Type: Article

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