The Dynamic Microstructure of Speech Production: Semantic Interference Built on the Fly

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-161

  Abdel Rahman, Rasha ^a   Melinger, Alissa ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ad hoc relations; Lexical interference; Semantic context effects; Speech production

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251524176     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021208     Document Type: Article

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