Is the word-length effect linked to subvocal rehearsal?

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-493

  Jacquemot, Charlotte ^a   Dupoux, Emmanuel ^a   Bachoud Lévi, Anne Catherine ^b,c,d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM U955   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

Author keywords

Articulatory suppression; Conduction aphasia; Phonological short term memory; Subvocal rehearsal; Word length effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; CONDUCTION APHASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHONEME; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; STROKE; SUBVOCAL REHEARSAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION; WORD LENGTH EFFECT; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 79851508340     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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