The activation of semantic memory: Effects of prime exposure, prime-target relationship, and task demands

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 882-898

  Bueno, Steve ^a,c   Frenck Mestre, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 46449087644     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.4.882     Document Type: Article

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