The perceptual nature of the cross-modal priming effect: Arguments in favor of a sensory-based conception of memory

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 376-382

  Vallet, Guillaume ^a   Brunel, Lionel ^a   Versace, Rémy ^a  

^a Lyon University   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cross modal priming; Object categorization; Sensory based memory; Visual

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956043891     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000045     Document Type: Article

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