Motor skills and written language perception: Contribution of writing knowledge to visual recognition of graphic shapes

Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 159-176

  Velay, Jean Luc ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203095508     Document Type: Chapter

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