Increased stroop interference with better second-language reading skill

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 596-607

  Braet, Wouter ^a   Noppe, Nele ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Op de Beeck, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Second language acquisition; Stroop effect; Visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951962812     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.513735     Document Type: Article

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