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ERIC Number: EJ211859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Aug
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Practice Effects on the Unit of Word Recognition.
Samuels, S. Jay; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v71 n4 p514-20 Aug 1979
Mirror-image animal and nonanimal words of three to six letters were presented to subjects in a reaction time categorization task. A significant interaction of Word Length X Block was found for words presented over all four blocks. A shift from component to holistic processing was found for the repeated words. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reaction Time, Reading Processes, Student Experience, Technical Reports, Undergraduate Students, Visual Perception, Word Lists, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Word Length