The visual skill “reading”

Single-Word Reading: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 25-42

  Nazir, Tatjana A ^a   Huckauf, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

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EID: 84920520586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810064     Document Type: Chapter

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