The structure of semantic person memory: Evidence from semantic priming in person recognition

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 899-914

  Wiese, Holger ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 80053924494     PISSN: 00071268     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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