Children's reading of words, pseudohomophones, and other nonwords

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 543-565

  Laxon, Veronica ^a   Masterson, Jackie ^b   Gallagher, Alison ^c   Pay, Julia ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0039485981     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980143000479     Document Type: Article

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