The development of abstract letter representations for reading: Evidence for the role of context

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-90

  Polk, Thad A ^a   Lacey, Heather P ^b   Nelson, James K ^c   Demiralp, Emre ^a   Newman, Lee I ^a   Krauss, David A ^d   Raheja, Aarti ^a   Farah, Martha J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract letter identities; Letter recognition; Reading; Visual word form area; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONSONANT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649516025     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290802618757     Document Type: Article

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