Lexical access in younger and older adults: The case of the mass/count distinction

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-34

  Taler, Vanessa ^a   Jarema, Gonia ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34250639887     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cjep2007003     Document Type: Article

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