Age-of-acquisition effects in novel picture naming: A laboratory analogue

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1756-1763

  Catling, Jonathan ^a   Dent, Kevin ^b   Preece, Emma ^c   Johnston, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Object naming; Picture naming

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AGING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84884291518     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.764903     Document Type: Article

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