Five down, Absquatulated: Crossword puzzle clues to how the mind works

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-241

  Nickerson, Raymond S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cued recall; Familiarity and recollection; Knowledge; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 79955760631     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0069-x     Document Type: Article

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