Is Familiarity the All-Purpose Reading Tool? The Case of the Missing-Letter Effect for Self-Generated Texts

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Saint Aubin, Jean ^a   Roy Charland, Annie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84856102537     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2010.528818     Document Type: Article

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