The role of age of acquisition and word frequency in reading: Evidence from eye fixation durations

Visual Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 846-863

  Juhasz, Barbara J ^a   Rayner, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIABILITY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33745081893     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280544000075     Document Type: Article

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