Similarly, Kiefer [ 8 ], using a lexical decision task on words denoting natural entities (animals, plants, fruits, and vegetables) or artifactual things (tools, furniture, transportation, and musical instruments), found a marginally significant main effect of category, showing that reactions to natural categories were slightly faster than to artifactual categories.
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New insights into name category-related effects: is the Age of Acquisition a possible factor?
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