Remembering the Names of Unfamiliar Animals: Keywords as Keys to Their Kingdom

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-143

  Carney, Russell N ^b   Levin, Joel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346510372     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0720(200103/04)15:2<133::AID-ACP687>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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