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Time course of word identification and semantic integration in spoken language

C Van Petten1, S Coulson, S Rubin

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA. vanpettc@u.arizona.edu

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
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