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The Word Composite Effect Depends on Abstract Lexical Representations But Not Surface Features Like Case and Font
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Prior studies have shown that words show a composite effect: When readers perform a
same-different matching task on a target-part of a word, performance is affected by the
irrelevant part, whose influence is severely reduced when the two parts are misaligned.
However, the locus of this word composite effect is largely unknown. To enlighten it, in
two experiments, Portuguese readers performed the composite task on letter strings: in
Experiment 1, in written words varying in surface features (between-participants: courier,
notera, alternating-cAsE), and in Experiment 2 in pseudowords. The word composite
effect, signaled by a significant interaction between alignment of the two word parts and
congruence between parts was found in the three conditions of Experiment 1, being
unaffected by NoVeLtY of the configuration or by handwritten form. This effect seems to
have a lexical locus, given that in Experiment 2 only the main effect of congruence
between parts was significant and was not modulated by alignment. Indeed, the
cross-experiment analysis showed that words presented stronger congruence effects
than pseudowords only in the aligned condition, because when misaligned the whole
lexical item configuration was disrupted. Therefore, the word composite effect strongly
depends on abstract lexical representations, as it is unaffected by surface features and
is specific to lexical items.
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Perceptual expertise Visual word recognition Holistic effec Composite task Alternating-case Handwritten forms
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Ventura, P., Fernandes, T., Leite, I., Almeida, V. B., & Wong, A. C. N. (2017). The word composite effect depends on abstract lexical representations but not surface features like case and font. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 253287. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01036
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Frontiers Media