Verbal ability modulates the associative neighbors effect

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Ron Kaplan, Inbal ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

APTITUDE; APTITUDE TESTS; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 34447304930     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194032     Document Type: Article

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