TY - JOUR
T1 - Units of word recognition
T2 - Evidence for developmental changes
AU - Samuels, S. J.
AU - LaBerge, David
AU - Bremer, Chris
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1978/12
Y1 - 1978/12
N2 - A recent study in word recognition with college students indicated that holistic processing occurs with regular orthography while component processing occurs with-mirror-image text. In this study, which investigated the unit of word recognition as a function of grade level, subjects from grades two, four, six, and college judged single words to be in animal or nonanimal categories. Words were in regular orthography and varied in length from three to six letters. The latency analysis indicated significant effects for grade level and word length. The critical interaction effect was also significant, indicating a developmental trend from component to holistic processing with advancing grade level.
AB - A recent study in word recognition with college students indicated that holistic processing occurs with regular orthography while component processing occurs with-mirror-image text. In this study, which investigated the unit of word recognition as a function of grade level, subjects from grades two, four, six, and college judged single words to be in animal or nonanimal categories. Words were in regular orthography and varied in length from three to six letters. The latency analysis indicated significant effects for grade level and word length. The critical interaction effect was also significant, indicating a developmental trend from component to holistic processing with advancing grade level.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-5371(78)90433-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-5371(78)90433-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007484866
SN - 0022-5371
VL - 17
SP - 715
EP - 720
JO - Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
JF - Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
IS - 6
ER -