Path-length and the misperception of speech: Insights from network science and psycholinguistics

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-45

  Vitevitch, Michael S ^a   Goldstein, Rutherford ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84936803912     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: 18600840     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-47238-5_2     Document Type: Article

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