Memory Operations That Support Language Comprehension: Evidence From Verb-Phrase Ellipsis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1231-1239

  Martin, Andrea E ^a   McElree, Brian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

proactive interference; retrieval interference; sentence processing; speed accuracy tradeoff; verb phrase ellipsis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949210387     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016271     Document Type: Article

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