Characteristics for 200 words rated by young and older adults: Age-dependent evaluations of German adjectives (AGE)

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1088-1097

  Grühn, Daniel ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 58149390272     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.4.1088     Document Type: Article

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