Lexical Ambiguity Resolution in Good and Poor Comprehenders: An Eye Fixation and Self-Paced Reading Study In Primary School Children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-36

  van der Schoot, Menno ^a   Vasbinder, Alain L ^a   Horsley, Tako M ^a   Reijntjes, Albert ^b   van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

children; eye fixations; lexical ambiguity resolution; reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849108909     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013382     Document Type: Article

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