Adults' acquisition of novel dimension words: Creating a semantic congruity effect

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-326

  Ryalls, Brigette Oliver ^a   Smith, Linda B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034230569     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300009598586     Document Type: Article

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