Imageability and ambiguity effects in speeded naming: Convergence and divergence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 878-890

  Woollams, Anna M ^a,b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consistency; Imageability; List context; Naming; Semantic ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 27944434195     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.878     Document Type: Article

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