Strength of perceptual experience predicts word processing performance better than concreteness or imageability

2012/08/27 by Louise Connell, Dermot Lynott · 35 citations
Neuroscience · #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.07.010

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