On the role of holistic processing in the recognition of Japanese Kana words

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-112

  Usui, Nobuo ^a  

^a Nikon University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Holistic processing; Kana words; Letter search; Lexical decision; Naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542606351     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.69.105     Document Type: Article

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