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Part One - Writing System/Neuro-cognitive Processing of Chinese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2022

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Chu-Ren Huang ,
Yen-Hwei Lin ,
I-Hsuan Chen  and
Yu-Yin Hsu
Chu-Ren Huang
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yen-Hwei Lin
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
I-Hsuan Chen
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University of California, Berkeley
Yu-Yin Hsu
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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