Two-component theory of the suffix effect: Contrary evidence

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 648-667

  Bloom, Lance C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECALL; SPEECH; THEORETICAL MODEL; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; SPEECH;

EID: 33748868523     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193586     Document Type: Article

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