Reading strategies in orthographies of intermediate depth are flexible: Modulation of length effects in Portuguese

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-215

  Lima, César F ^a   Castro, São Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Grapheme phoneme conversion; Length effect; Orthography; Portuguese; Skilled reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONEME; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77951433054     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440902750145     Document Type: Article

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