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McClelland, James L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
Subjects learned meanings for 16 invented words and practiced categorizing each word according to its meaning. Each word appeared consistently in either script or uppercase type. Subsequently subjects categorized words in both versions; at first, categorization was slower for unfamiliar versions. Subjects relied on both configuration information…
Descriptors: Classification, Letters (Alphabet), Memory, Orthographic Symbols
Terry, Pamela; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Reports on experiments designed to explore the way the processing unit depends on the information in the component letters and the information contained in their arrangements in a familiar letter string. Hypotheses were tested by degrading the quality of individual letters and by spacing the letters irregularly. (CLK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Experimental Psychology, Language Research
