Sequential effects in the lexical decision task: The role of the item frequency of the previous trial

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-401

  Perea, Manuel ^a   Carreiras, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME;

DECISION MAKING; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037659487     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000387     Document Type: Article

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