Object Shape and Orientation Do Not Routinely Influence Performance During Language Processing

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2218-2225

  Rommers, Joost ^a,b   Meyer, Antje S ^a,c   Huettig, Falk ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b Radboud University Nijmegen and International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

language; psycholinguistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887389043     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613490746     Document Type: Article

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