Semantic and morpho-syntactic priming in auditory word recognition in congenitally blind adults

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Röder, Brigitte ^a   Demuth, Lisa ^a   Streb, Judith ^a   Rösler, Frank ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SKILL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 17144441926     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960143000407     Document Type: Review

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