Subjective frequency and imageability ratings for 3,600 French nouns

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 546-557

  Desrochers, Alain ^a   Thompson, Glenn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149127327     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.2.546     Document Type: Article

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