Early access to abstract representations in developing readers: Evidence from masked priming

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 564-573

  Perea, Manuel ^a   Mallouh, Reem Abu ^b   Carreiras, Manuel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879552647     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12052     Document Type: Article

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