Why does picture naming take longer than word reading? The contribution of articulatory processes

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 955-961

  Riès, Stéphanie ^a,b   Legou, Thierry ^c   Burle, Borís ^a   Alario, F Xavier ^d   Malfait, Nicole ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Articulation; Electromyography; Motor control; Naming; Psycholinguistics; Reading; Speech production; Verbal response times

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866756337     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0287-x     Document Type: Article

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