Priming the tip of the tongue: Effects of prior processing on word retrieval in young and older adults

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 586-605

  Rastle, Kathleen G ^b   Burke, Deborah M ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 16144366619     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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