Verbal working memory and on-line syntactic processing: Evidence from self-paced listening

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-163

  Waters, Gloria S ^b   Caplan, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0742324111     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000170     Document Type: Article

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