Persistent structural priming and frequency effects during comprehension

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 890-897

  Pickering, Martin J ^a   McLean, Janet F ^a   Branigan, Holly P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Frequency effects; Structural priming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; REPETITION PRIMING; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; REPETITION PRIMING; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84883048967     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029181     Document Type: Article

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