Evaluating the random representation assumption of lexical semantics in cognitive models

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 662-672

  Johns, Brendan T ^a   Jones, Michael N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; SEMANTICS;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 78149443583     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.5.662     Document Type: Article

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