Is there a neighborhood frequency effect in english? evidence from reading and lexical decision

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1040-1062

  Sears, Christopher R ^a,c   Campbell, Crystal R ^a,c   Lupker, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neighborhood frequency effect; Orthographic neighbors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33746623996     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.4.1040     Document Type: Article

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