Constraints on Computational Models of Basic Processes in Reading

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 242-250

  Besner, Derek ^a   Wartak, Szymon ^a   Robidoux, Serje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

computer simulation; lexical decision; semantic priming; word frequency; word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 39449095444     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.1.242     Document Type: Article

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