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Record 1 2010-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Education (General)
  • Continuing Education
CONT

Among skilled readers, word recognition takes place within 250 milliseconds for most words and even a bit faster for very familiar words(Ashby, 2006). Virtually simultaneously with word recognition, the meaning of the written word is accessed, as automatically as known words are quickly understood in spoken language (Adams, 1994) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
  • Éducation permanente
CONT

Le lecteur expert regarde tous les mots : les durées de fixation étant évidemment très courtes (de l'ordre de 200 à 250 ms) et adaptées au type de mots et aux finalités de la lecture.

Spanish

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