Syllable structure is modulating the optimal viewing position in visual word recognitionq

Revista de Logopedia, Foniatria y Audiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-21

  Conrad, Markus ^a   Vo, Melissa ^b   Schneider, Dana ^c   Jacobs, Arthur M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optimal viewing position; Perceptive identification; Syllable structure; Visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052276575     PISSN: 02144603     EISSN: 15781712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0214-4603(11)70166-8     Document Type: Article

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