My word! Interference from reading object names implies a role for competition during picture name retrieval

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1229-1240

  Vitkovitch, Melanie ^a   Cooper, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error learning; Lexical selection; Naming; Pictures; Response exclusion; Semantic interference; Words

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863472993     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.655699     Document Type: Article

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