Age of acquisition effects on an object-name verification task

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Catling, J C ^a   Johnston, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33644591300     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712605X53515     Document Type: Review

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