Age changes in the missing-letter effect revisited

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-182

  Saint Aubin, Jean ^a   Klein, Raymond M ^b   Landry, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Missing letter effect; Omission; Predictability; Word frequency; Word function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; READING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 18344377878     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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