Hierarchical coding of characters in the ventral and dorsal visual streams of Chinese language processing

@article{Chan2009HierarchicalCO,
  title={Hierarchical coding of characters in the ventral and dorsal visual streams of Chinese language processing},
  author={Suk-tak Chan and Sze-wing Tang and Kwok-wing Tang and Wing-kit Lee and Shing-shun Lo and Kenneth K. Kwong},
  journal={NeuroImage},
  year={2009},
  volume={48},
  pages={423-435}
}
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