Subtitle-based word frequencies as the best estimate of reading behavior: The case of Greek

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Dimitropoulou, Maria ^a,b   Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni ^a   Avilés, Alberto ^a,b   Corral, José ^a,b   Carreiras, Manuel ^a,c,d  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural variations; Frequency estimates; Subtitles; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855745941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00218     Document Type: Article

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