Shared representations in language processing and verbal short-term memory: The case of grammatical gender

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-356

  Schweppe, Judith ^a   Rummer, Ralf ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender congruency; Grammatical gender; Sentence recall; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847129620     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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