Exemplar by feature applicability matrices and other Dutch normative data for semantic concepts

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1030-1048

  de Deyne, Simon ^a   Verheyen, Steven ^a   Ameel, Eef ^a   Vanpaemel, Wolf ^a   Dry, Matthew J ^a   Voorspoels, Wouter ^a   Storms, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 58149382714     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.4.1030     Document Type: Article

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