Emotion words in the mental lexicon: A new look at the emotional stroop effect

Mental Lexicon

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-46

  Altarriba, Jeanette ^a   Sutton, Tina M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 57749141440     PISSN: 18711340     EISSN: 18711375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ml.3.1.04sut     Document Type: Article

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