The influence of age acquisition in word reading and other tasks: A never ending story?

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 456-476

  Bonin, Patrick ^a   Barry, Christopher ^b   Méot, Alain ^a   Chalard, Marylène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Cumulative frequency; Frequency trajectory; Lexical decision; Naming; Reading; Spelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442487981     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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