When Writing Impairs Reading: Letter Perception's Susceptibility to Motor Interference

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-431

  James, Karin H ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action perception; letters; motor interference; writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; WRITING;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049110913     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015836     Document Type: Article

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