The Cross-Script Length Effect: Further Evidence Challenging PDP Models of Reading Aloud

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 238-246

  Rastle, Kathleen ^a   Havelka, Jelena ^b   Wydell, Taeko N ^c   Coltheart, Max ^d   Besner, Derek ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross linguistic; length effects; PDP models; reading aloud; serial processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58449130703     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014361     Document Type: Article

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