Is morphological priming stronger for transparent than opaque words? It depends on individual differences in spelling and vocabulary

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-296

  Andrews, Sally ^a   Lo, Steson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lexical retrieval; Masked priming; Morphological priming; Reading skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872027976     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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