The different representational frameworks underpinning abstract and concrete knowledge: Evidence from odd-one-out judgements

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1377-1390

  Crutch, Sebastian J ^a,b   Connell, Sarah ^a   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract and concrete words; Conceptual knowledge; Semantic association; Semantic similarity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 68349098699     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802483834     Document Type: Article

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