Does the order of head noun and modifier explain response times in conceptual combination?

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 852-861

  Storms, Gert ^a   Wisniewski, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; THINKING;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33644876967     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193080     Document Type: Article

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