Visual stress theory and its application to reading and reading tests

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 152-162

  Wilkins, Arnold ^a   Huang, Jie ^b   Cao, Yue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 13244299118     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2004.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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