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Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading

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Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading. / Sereno, S.C.; Hand, C.J.; Shahid, A. et al.
In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 71, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 302-313.

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Sereno, SC, Hand, CJ, Shahid, A, Yao, B & O’Donnell, PJ 2018, 'Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 302-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1327981

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Sereno, S. C., Hand, C. J., Shahid, A., Yao, B., & O’Donnell, P. J. (2018). Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(1), 302-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1327981

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Sereno SC, Hand CJ, Shahid A, Yao B, O’Donnell PJ. Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2018 Jan 1;71(1):302-313. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1327981

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Sereno, S.C. ; Hand, C.J. ; Shahid, A. et al. / Testing the limits of contextual constraint: Interactions with word frequency and parafoveal preview during fluent reading. In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2018 ; Vol. 71, No. 1. pp. 302-313.

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