The implicit and explicit learning of orthographic structure and function of a new writing system

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-379

  Wang, Min ^a   Liu, Ying ^b   Perfetti, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 8644282704     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532799xssr0804_3     Document Type: Article

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