Better the DVL you know: Acronyms reveal the contribution of familiarity to single-word reading

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Laszlo, Sarah ^a   Federmeier, Kara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING;

ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33947638361     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01859.x     Document Type: Article

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