On the Processes Underlying Stimulus-Familiarity Effects in Recognition of Words and Nonwords

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1003-1018

  Estes, W K ^a   Maddox, W Todd ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 85047673763     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.6.1003     Document Type: Article

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