Tip-of-the-Tongue States Reveal Age Differences in the Syllable Frequency Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 277-285

  Farrell, Meagan T ^a   Abrams, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Speech production; Syllable frequency; Tip of the tongue (TOT) states

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251501652     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021328     Document Type: Article

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