Perceptual load in the reading of Arabic: Effects of orthographic visual complexity on detection

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-127

  Abdelhadi, Souad ^a   Ibrahim, Raphiq ^a   Eviatar, Zohar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 81855224744     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wsr/wsr014     Document Type: Article

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