Serial Position Effects in the Identification of Letters, Digits, and Symbols

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-498

  Tydgat, Ilse ^a   Grainger, Jonathan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

alphanumeric character processing; crowding; letter perception; serial position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL FIELD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SERIAL LEARNING; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849093126     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013027     Document Type: Article

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