Looks aren't everything: Pseudohomophones prime words but nonwords do not

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-63

  Huntsman, Laree A ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phonology; Pseudohomophones; Psycholinguistics; Reading; Repetition priming; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

HUMANS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33847300524     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-006-9032-9     Document Type: Article

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