Conceptual organization at 6 and 8 years of age: Evidence from the semantic priming of object decisions

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-176

  Hashimoto, Naomi ^a,c   McGregor, Karla K ^a,b   Graham, Anne ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Priming; Semantic; Taxonomic; Thematic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TAXONOMY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 34247868026     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/014)     Document Type: Article

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