Effects of neighborhood size and kanji character frequency on lexical decision of Japanese kanji compound words

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 346-351

  Kawakami, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA SHOIN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Component character; Kanji character frequency; Kanji compound words; Lexical decision task; Neighborhood size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0036825147     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.73.346     Document Type: Article

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