Eye movement control in reading: Logographic Chinese versus alphabetic scripts

PsyCh Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-142

  Tsang, Yiu Kei ^a   Chen, Hsuan Chih ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

alphabetic scripts; Chinese; eye movement; reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876332110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20460260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pchj.10     Document Type: Article

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