Norms of age of acquisition and concreteness for 30,000 Dutch words

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-84

  Brysbaert, Marc ^a   Stevens, Michaël ^a   De Deyne, Simon ^b   Voorspoels, Wouter ^b   Storms, Gert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Concreteness; Norms; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900025011     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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