What the reader's eye tells the mind's ear: Silent reading activates inner speech

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1059-1068

  Abramson, Marianne ^a   Goldinger, Stephen D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SPEECH;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SPEECH;

EID: 0031243560     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205520     Document Type: Article

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