Direct Assessments of the Processing Time Hypothesis for the Missing-Letter Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1191-1210

  Saint Aubin, Jean ^a   Roy Charland, Annie ^a   Klein, Raymond M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0346991657     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.6.1191     Document Type: Article

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