Lexical activation during the recognition of Chinese characters: Evidence against early phonological activation

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 511-518

  Chen, Hsuan Chih ^a   Shu, Hua ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; CHINA; CUES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 0035460387     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196186     Document Type: Article

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