Visual word recognition of single-syllable words

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-316

  Balota, David A ^a,d   Cortese, Michael J ^b   Sergent Marshall, Susan D ^a   Spieler, Daniel H ^c   Yap, Melvin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 2542525491     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.133.2.283     Document Type: Article

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