Transposed letter effects in prefixed words: Implications for morphological decomposition

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-495

  Masserang, Kathleen M ^a   Pollatsek, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphological decomposition; Parafoveal preview effects; Transposed letters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPOSED LETTER; WORD RECOGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING;

EID: 84862301166     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.658037     Document Type: Article

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