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Publication Date: 1983-Jun
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Investigating the Boundaries of Reading Units: Letter Detection in Misspelled Words.
Healy, Alice F.; Drewnowski, Adam
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v9 n3 p413-26 Jun 1983
Using a combination of letter-detection and proofreading techniques, subjects searching for target letters in printed text made more errors on correctly spelled words than misspelled words. This word inferiority effect contrasts with the superior perception of letters in words over nonwords commonly found in tachistoscopic studies. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Letters (Alphabet), Perception, Reading Research, Spelling, Visual Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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