The persistence of structural priming: Transient activation or implicit learning?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-192

  Bock, Kathryn ^a   Griffin, Zenzi M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034200844     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.129.2.177     Document Type: Article

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