The interaction of word frequency and word class: A test of the GO model's account of the missing-letter effect

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-45

  Roy Charland, Annie ^a   Saint Aubin, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33645049620     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500269428     Document Type: Article

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