"Tip of the fingers" experiences by deaf signers: Insights into the organization of a sign-based lexicon

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 856-860

  Thompson, Robin ^a,b   Emmorey, Karen ^b,c   Gollan, Tamar H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 28944451180     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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