Frequency, not age of acquisition, affects Italian word naming

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 828-866

  Burani, Cristina ^a   Arduino, Lisa S ^a,b   Barca, Laura ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 34848900429     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440600847946     Document Type: Article

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