Reading aloud: When the effect of stimulus quality distinguishes between cascaded and thresholded components

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-224

  Blais, Chris ^a   Besner, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascading processing; Frequency; Reading aloud; Repetition; Stimulus quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; VISION; VOICE;

HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; VOICE;

EID: 34547275074     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.54.3.215     Document Type: Article

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