Recognition of spoken words: Semantic effects in lexical access

Language and Speech

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-204

  Wurm, Lee H ^a,d   Vakoch, Douglas A ^b,c   Seaman, Sean R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory naming; Lexical decision; Semantics; Speech perception; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044294842     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309040470020401     Document Type: Article

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