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Recalling taboo and nontaboo words.
People remember emotional and taboo words better than neutral words. It is well known that words that are processed at a deep (i.e., semantic) level are recalled better than words processed at a shallow (i.e., purely visual) level. To determine how depth of processing influences recall of emotional and taboo words, a levels of processing paradigm was used. Whether this effect holds for emotiona...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Language in Society
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0047-4045,1469-8013
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404500015293