Conditions under which function information attenuates name extension via shape

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-371

  Truxaw, Danielle ^a   Krasnow, Max M ^a   Woods, Chantelle ^a   German, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33646230292     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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