Semantic effects in word naming: Evidence from English and Japanese Kanji

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-286

  Shibahara, Naoki ^a,f   Zorzi, Marco ^b,c   Hill, Martin P ^d   Wydell, Taeko ^e   Butterworth, Brian ^a  

^a OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037313719     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000369     Document Type: Article

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