Effects of numbers of strokes on Chinese character recognition during a normal reading condition

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 845-852

  Huang, Kuo Chen ^a   Hsu, Sheng Hsiung ^b  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33645816315     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.101.3.845-852     Document Type: Article

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