Age of acquisition effects in the semantic processing of pictures

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 905-912

  Johnston, Robert A ^a,c   Barry, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; LEARNING; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23944484460     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193084     Document Type: Article

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