Age of acquisition, word frequency, and picture-word interference

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1304-1317

  Catling, Jonathan C ^a   Dent, Kevin ^b   Johnston, Robert A ^c   Balding, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; AoA; Frequency; Picture naming; Picture word interference

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77954154393     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903380830     Document Type: Article

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