How do figure-like orthographs modulate visual processing of Chinese words?

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 757-761

  Chan, Chetwyn C H ^a   Leung, Ada W S ^a   Luo, Yue Jia ^c   Lee, Tatia M C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Figure like features; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Orthographic processing; Visual processing of words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 34247618299     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280ebb45f     Document Type: Article

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