The cumulative semantic cost does not reflect lexical selection by competition

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-289

  Navarrete, Eduardo ^a   Mahon, Bradford Z ^a,b   Caramazza, Alfonso ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative semantic cost; Lexical access; Picture naming; Semantic access; Semantic interference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; HUMANS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 77953683515     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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