Competitor effects in naming objects and famous faces

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 686-707

  Valentine, Tim ^a   Darling, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33747614608     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440500299131     Document Type: Article

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