Multiletter units in visual word recognition: Direct activation by supraletter visual features

Visual Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-110

  Whiteley, Helen E ^a   Walker, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0004305882     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135062897395606     Document Type: Article

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