Age of Acquisition and Word Frequency Effects in Picture Naming: A Dual-Task Investigation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-301

  Dent, Kevin ^a   Johnston, Robert A ^b   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age of acquisition; frequency; picture naming; psychological refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 40949145707     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.34.2.282     Document Type: Article

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