On letter frequency effects

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-328

  New, Boris ^a   Grainger, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Letter and word processing; Letter frequency effects; Token frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80053307057     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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