Theories of reading should predict reading speed
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Theories of reading should predict reading speed.
Reading speed matters in most real-world contexts, and it is a robust and easy aspect of reading to measure. Theories of reading should account for speed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0140-525X,1469-1825
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x12000325