Age of acquisition persists as the main factor in picture naming when cumulative word frequency and frequency trajectory are controlled

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  Pérez, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SPAIN; STUDENT; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPAIN; STUDENTS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33845466648     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600577423     Document Type: Article

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