Reexamining the word length effect in visual word recognition: New evidence from the English Lexicon Project

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-52

  New, Boris ^a,b   Ferrand, Ludovic ^b   Pallier, Christophe ^c   Brysbaert, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748780397     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193811     Document Type: Article

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