Iconic gestures prime words

Cognitive Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-183

  Yap, De Fu ^a   So, Wing Chee ^a   Melvin Yap, Ju Min ^a   Tan, Ying Quan ^a   Teoh, Ruo Li Serene ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gesture; Lexical decision; Lexical processing; Semantic priming; Semantic representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GESTURES; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960921976     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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