Individual differences in the strength of taxonomic versus thematic relations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 601-609

  Mirman, Daniel ^a   Graziano, Kristen M ^a  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept categories; Individual differences; Semantic knowledge; Thematic semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; OCULOGRAPHY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864187195     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026451     Document Type: Article

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