Reading Aloud: Qualitative Differences in the Relation Between Stimulus Quality and Word Frequency as a Function of Context

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1400-1411

  O'Malley, Shannon ^a   Besner, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

reading aloud; stimulus quality; word frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56449123023     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013084     Document Type: Article

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