Lamberts, Koen. (2005) Interpretation of orthographic uniqueness point effects in visual word recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.31 (No.1). pp. 14-19. ISSN 0096-1523

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Abstract

The orthographic uniqueness point (OUP) of a word is the position of the first letter from the left that distinguishes a word from all other words. In 2 recent studies (P. J. Kwantes & D. J. K. Mewhort, 1999a; A. K. Lindell, M. E. R. Nicholls, & A. E. Castles, 2003), it has been observed that words with an early CUP were processed more quickly than words with a late OUR This has been taken to suggest that observers process the letters of words sequentially in a left-to-right order. In this article, it is shown that the OUP results do not provide selective evidence for left-to-right sequential processing in visual word recognition because the data are also compatible with an account in which letter processing occurs in random order.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling, Word recognition, Visual perception, Cognitive science, Human information processing
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0096-1523
Date:	February 2005
Volume:	Vol.31
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	6
Page Range:	pp. 14-19
Identification Number:	10.1037/0096-1523.31.1.14
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Funder:	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC)
Grant number:	BBS/B/08914 (BBSRC)
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7377

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