Letter-recognition and reading speed in peripheral vision benefit from perceptual learning

@article{Chung2004LetterrecognitionAR,
  title={Letter-recognition and reading speed in peripheral vision benefit from perceptual learning},
  author={Susana T. L. Chung and Gordon E. Legge and Sing‐Hang Cheung},
  journal={Vision Research},
  year={2004},
  volume={44},
  pages={695-709},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12882397}
}

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