How are words stored in memory? Beyond phones and phonemes

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-170

  Port, Robert ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249668389     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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