Semantic activation in visual recognition of Japanese two-kanji compound words: Interference and facilitatory effects of neighbors

Psychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 162-177

  Ogawa, Taeko ^a   Saito, Hirofumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Companion activation model; Neighborhood frequency; Semantic similarity; Two kanji compound word; Word identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846404516     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2006.162     Document Type: Article

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