Concreteness and context availability in lexical decision tasks

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-65

  Levy Drori, Shelly ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 33645971986     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20445318     Document Type: Article

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