Predicting semantic priming at the item level

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1036-1066

  Hutchison, Keith A ^a   Balota, David A ^b   Cortese, Michael J ^c   Watson, Jason M ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 45849111793     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701438111     Document Type: Article

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