Priming of abstract letter identities in the letter match task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1873-1885

  Kinoshita, Sachiko ^a   Kaplan, Leanne ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abstract letter identity; Letter recognition; Masked priming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 51449106997     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701781114     Document Type: Article

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