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Original Articles

Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying reading and naming: Evidence from letter-by-letter reading and optic aphasia

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Pages 325-337 | Received 27 Aug 2004, Accepted 03 Feb 2005, Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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