The perception of handshapes in American Sign Language

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 887-904

  Baker, Stephanie A ^a   Idsardi, William J ^b   Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick ^b   Petitto, Laura Ann ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; HAND; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION;

FORM PERCEPTION; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 33644873956     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193083     Document Type: Article

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