Imageability x phonology interactions during lexical access: Effects of modality, phonological neighbourhood, and phonological processing efficiency

Mental Lexicon

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-145

  Westbury, Chris ^a   Moroschan, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dual coding theory; Imageability; Imageability effects; Modality Effects; Neighbourhood effects; Neurological activation; Phonology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650734893     PISSN: 18711340     EISSN: 18711375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ml.4.1.05wes     Document Type: Article

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