Extracommunicative functions of language: Verbal interference causes selective categorization impairments

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 711-718

  Lupyan, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; APHASIA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; SEMANTICS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 74849127248     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.4.711     Document Type: Article

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