Visual word recognition without central attention: Evidence for greater automaticity with greater reading ability

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Ruthruff, Eric ^a   Allen, Philip A ^b   Lien, Mei Ching ^c   Grabbe, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 48049086162     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.2.337     Document Type: Article

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