Why does the phonological similarity effect reverse with nonwords?

Psychological Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 448-457

  Karlsen, Paul Johan ^a   Imenes, Anders Gravir ^b   Johannessen, Kaja ^b   Endestad, Tor ^b   Lian, Arild ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Bredtvet Resource Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34250882358     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0042-2     Document Type: Article

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