Word knowledge influences character perception

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 833-839

  Li, Xingshan ^a   Pollatsek, Alexander ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Reading; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053106092     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0115-8     Document Type: Article

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