Age-of-acquisition and word frequency in the lexical decision task: Further evidence from the French language

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 401-443

  Bonin, Patrick ^a,b   Chalard, Marylène ^a   Méot, Alain ^a   Fayol, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Lexical decision; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035527855     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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