Effects of repeated reading on the length effect in word and pseudoword reading

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-54

  Martens, Vanessa E G ^a   De Jong, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 38949166749     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2007.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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