Initial fixation location effects in reading Hebrew words

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-421

  Deutsch, Avital ^a   Rayner, Keith ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0033440207     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909699386284     Document Type: Article

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