Initial study into the effects of translucency and complexity on the learning of blissymbols by children and adults with normal cognitive abilities

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-39

  Fuller, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blissymbols; Complexity; Iconicity; Paired associate learning; Translucency

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; VISION;

BLISSYMBOLS; COGNITION; TRANSLUCENCY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031101860     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619712331277818     Document Type: Article

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