When Bees Hamper the Production of Honey: Lexical Interference From Associates in Speech Production

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 604-614

  Abdel Rahman, Rasha ^a   Melinger, Alissa ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lexical interference; semantic associates; semantic context effects; speech production

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547445435     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.3.604     Document Type: Article

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