Primacy of functional knowledge in semantic representations: The case of living and nonliving things

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1984-2009

  Phelps, Fiona G ^a,b   Macken, William J ^a   Barry, Chris ^a   Miles, Chris ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749023051     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600576300     Document Type: Article

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