Exploring the contradictory results on the cross-modal priming effect in normal aging: A critical review of the literature

Psychology of Priming

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-122

  Vallet, Guillaume ^a,b   Simard, Martine ^b   Versace, Rémy ^a  

^a Lyon University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audio visual; Grounded cognition; Masking; Memory; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877915295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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