Modulating the phonological similarity effect: The contribution of interlist similarity and lexicality

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 542-556

  Karlsen, Paul Johan ^a,b   Lian, Arild ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bredtvet Resource Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PHONETICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 26944480138     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193070     Document Type: Article

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