The persistence of cumulative semantic interference during naming

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-44

  Schnur, Tatiana T ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incremental learning; Language production; Lexical access; Semantic interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901420158     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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