Evidence of flexible coding in visual word recognition.
| Number | 915 |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Drawer | 17 |
| Entry Date | 07/16/1998 |
| Authors | Pugh, Kenneth R., Rexer, Karl, and Katz, Leonard. |
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| Publication | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 20 (4), 807-825. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0915.pdf |
| Abstract | In 3 visual word recognition experiments, the author examined Ss’ differential dependence on phonological versus orthographic information in accessing the lexicon. The critical manipulation was the presence or absence of pseudohomophones (NPsH group) or 17%-30% pseudohomophones among the nonwords (PsH group). In the first 2 experiments Ss in the PsH group were faster and no less accurate on word trials than Ss in the NPsH group. Furthermore, performance in the NPsH group was adversely affected by phonological inconsistency in the target’s orthographic neighborhood. In the final experiment, a double lexical decision paradigm was used, and performance on orthographically similar but phonologically dissimilar pairs differed in the 2 conditions. |
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