Eye movements, word familiarity, and vocabulary acquisition

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 312-339

  Williams, Rihana S ^a   Morris, Robin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 1642458345     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440340000196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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