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Holistic word processing is correlated with efficiency in visual word recognition
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Holistic processing of visual words (i.e., obligatory encoding of/attending to all letters of a word) could be a marker of expert
word recognition. In the present study, we thus examined for the first time whether there is a direct relation between the wordcomposite effect (i.e., all parts of a visual word are fully processed when observers perform a task on a word part) and fast access
to the orthographic lexicon by visual word experts (i.e., fluent adult readers). We adopted an individual differences approach and
used the word-frequency effect (i.e., faster recognition of high- than low-frequency words) in an independent lexical decision task
as a proxy of fast access to lexical orthographic representations. Fluent readers with larger word-composite effect showed smaller
word-frequency effect. This correlation was mainly driven by an association between a larger composite effect and faster lexical
decision on low-frequency words, probably because these lexical representations are less stable and integrated/unitized, hence
allowing differentiating among fluent readers. We thus showed that holistic processing of visual words is indeed related to higher
efficiency in visual word recognition by skilled readers.
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Holistic word processes Lexical effects Correlation between holistic word processes and lexical effects
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Ventura, P., Fernandes, T., Pereira, A., Guerreiro, J. C., Farinha-Fernandes, A., Delgado, J., Ferreira, M. F., Faustino, B., Raposo, I., & Wong, A. C.-N. (2020). Holistic word processing is correlated with efficiency in visual word recognition. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82(5), 2739-2750. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-020-01988-2
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