Age of acquisition, ageing, and verb production: Normative and experimental data

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56 A, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 705-730

  Morrison, Catriona M ^a,b   Hirsh, Katherine W ^a   Duggan, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037831253     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980244000594     Document Type: Article

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