On the Joint Effects of Stimulus Quality, Regularity, and Lexicality When Reading Aloud: New Challenges

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 750-764

  Besner, Derek ^a   O'Malley, Shannon ^a   Robidoux, Serje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

effects of stimulus quality on spelling sound translation; joint effects of stimulus quality and lexicality on spelling sound translation; spelling sound translation; visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77953153113     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019178     Document Type: Article

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