The illusory-letters phenomenon: an illustration of graphemic restoration in visual word recognition

Timothy R. Jordan; Sharon M. Thomas; Kenneth C. Scott-Brown

doi:10.1068/p2919

The illusory-letters phenomenon: an illustration of graphemic restoration in visual word recognition

Timothy R. Jordan, Sharon M. Thomas, Kenneth C. Scott-Brown

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Abstract

We present a demonstration of word perception in which stimuli containing very few letters (just 50% of their original number) are presented for unlimited durations and yet are seen unequivocally as complete words. The phenomenon suggests that recognition of words can be achieved even when perception of their component letters is prevented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1413-1416
Number of pages	4
Journal	Perception
Volume	28
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1068/p2919
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Perception

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