Syllables as processing units in handwriting production

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-31

  Kandel, Sonia ^a,b,d   Álvarez, Carlos J ^c,e   Vallée, Nathalie ^a,f  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^e Instituto de Lingüística Andrés Bello   (Spain)

^f GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

French; Handwriting; Processing units; Spanish; Syllables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33244467877     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.1.18     Document Type: Article

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