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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 883-893 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2003 |
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Assessing the importance of letter pairs in initial, exterior, and interior positions in reading. / Jordan, Timothy R.; Thomas, Sharon M.; Patching, Geoffrey R.; Scott-Brown, Kenneth C.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, Vol. 29, No. 5, 09.2003, p. 883-893.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the importance of letter pairs in initial, exterior, and interior positions in reading
AU - Jordan,Timothy R.
AU - Thomas,Sharon M.
AU - Patching,Geoffrey R.
AU - Scott-Brown,Kenneth C.
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Exterior letter pairs (e.g., d--k in dark) play a major role in single-word recognition, but other research (D. Briihl & A. W. Inhoff, 1995) indicates no such role in reading text. This issue was examined by visually degrading letter pairs in three positions in words (initial, exterior, and interior) in text. Each degradation slowed reading rate compared with an undegraded control. However, whereas degrading initial and interior pairs slowed reading rate to a similar extent, degrading exterior pairs slowed reading rate most of all. Moreover, these effects were obtained when letter identities across pair positions varied naturally and when they were matched. The findings suggest that exterior letter pairs play a preferential role in reading, and candidates for this role are discussed.
AB - Exterior letter pairs (e.g., d--k in dark) play a major role in single-word recognition, but other research (D. Briihl & A. W. Inhoff, 1995) indicates no such role in reading text. This issue was examined by visually degrading letter pairs in three positions in words (initial, exterior, and interior) in text. Each degradation slowed reading rate compared with an undegraded control. However, whereas degrading initial and interior pairs slowed reading rate to a similar extent, degrading exterior pairs slowed reading rate most of all. Moreover, these effects were obtained when letter identities across pair positions varied naturally and when they were matched. The findings suggest that exterior letter pairs play a preferential role in reading, and candidates for this role are discussed.
U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.29.5.883
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.29.5.883
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 883
EP - 893
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
T2 - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
SN - 0278-7393
IS - 5
ER -