Age and age of acquisition: An evaluation of the cumulative frequency hypothesis

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-459

  Morrison, Catriona M ^a   Hirsh, Katherine W ^a   Chappell, Tameron ^b   Ellis, Andrew W ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOOK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036030447     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440143000159     Document Type: Article

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