Using stroke removal to investigate Chinese character identification during reading: Evidence from eye movements

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 951-979

  Yan, Guoli ^a   Bai, Xuejun ^a   Zang, Chuanli ^a   Bian, Qian ^a   Cui, Lei ^a   Qi, Wei ^a   Rayner, Keith ^b   Liversedge, Simon P ^c  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese character identification; Eye movements; Stroke removal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860383172     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9295-x     Document Type: Article

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