Specialization and semantic organization: Evidence for multiple semantics linked to sensory modalities

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-67

  Marques, J Frederico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; TOUCH; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REVERSAL LEARNING; SEMANTICS; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745940783     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193386     Document Type: Article

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