Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-108

  Spencer, Kenneth A ^a   Loizidou, Nataly ^b   Masterson, Jackie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Frederick University   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; GREECE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PHONETICS; READING;

CHILD; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; READING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77952517208     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.42.1.96     Document Type: Article

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