Basic processes in reading: Semantics affects speeded naming of high-frequency words in an alphabetic script

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-69

  Baluch, Bahman ^a   Besner, Derek ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035293821     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087353     Document Type: Article

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