Are all letters really processed equally and in parallel? Further evidence of a robust first letter advantage.

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Published in Acta Psychol (Amst) on September 04, 2013

Authors

Michele Scaltritti1, David A Balota

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. Electronic address: michele.scaltritti@unipd.it.

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