How lexical decision is affected by recent experience: Symmetric versus asymmetric frequency-blocking effects

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 726-742

  Kinoshita, Sachiko ^a   Mozer, Michael C ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; TIME;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33748875129     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193591     Document Type: Article

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