On the locus of the word frequency effect in visual word recognition

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-194

  Plourde, Carolyn E ^a   Besner, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031319953     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1196-1961.51.3.181     Document Type: Article

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