Subjective frequency norms for 330 Spanish simple and compound words

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Desrochers, Alain ^a   Liceras, Juana M ^a   Fernández Fuertes, Raquel ^b   Thompson, Glenn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPAIN;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPAIN; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952536771     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.42.1.109     Document Type: Article

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