Phonological processing and the role of strategy in silent reading: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 342-364

  Niznikiewicz, Margaret ^b   Squires, Nancy K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029865583     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0016     Document Type: Article

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