The effects of inter-letter spacing in visual-word recognition: Evidence with young normal readers and developmental dyslexics

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 420-430

  Perea, Manuel ^a   Panadero, Victoria ^a   Moret Tatay, Carmen ^b   Gómez, Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Letter position coding; Reading development; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865601087     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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