Lexical complexity and fixation times in reading: Effects of word frequency, verb complexity, and lexical ambiguity

Keith Rayner; Susan A. Duffy

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journal article May 01, 1986

Lexical complexity and fixation times in reading: Effects of word frequency, verb complexity, and lexical ambiguity

Keith Rayner Susan A. Duffy

Memory & Cognition Vol. 14 No. 3 pp. 191-201 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Keith Rayner, Susan A. Duffy (1986). Lexical complexity and fixation times in reading: Effects of word frequency, verb complexity, and lexical ambiguity. Memory & Cognition, 14(3), 191-201. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03197692

Lexical complexity and fixation times in reading: Effects of word frequency, verb complexity, and lexical ambiguity

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