The advantage of word-based processing in chinese reading: Evidence from eye movements

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 879-889

  Li, Xingshan ^a   Gu, Junjuan ^a   Liu, Pingping ^a   Rayner, Keith ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese reading; Eye movements; Word processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883008305     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030337     Document Type: Article

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