Executive control influences linguistic representations.

Although it is known that words acquire their meanings partly from the contexts in which they are used, we proposed that the way in which words are processed can also influence their representation. We further propose that individual differences in the way that words are processed can consequently l...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 247 - 264
Autores principales: Lev-Ari, Shiri, Keysar, Boaz
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2014
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