Do Words Conceal Their Component Letters? A Critique of Johnson (1975) on the Visual Perception of Words.

Henderson, Leslie

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ERIC Number: EJ132701

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Publication Date: 1975

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Do Words Conceal Their Component Letters? A Critique of Johnson (1975) on the Visual Perception of Words

Henderson, Leslie

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 14, 6, 648-650, Dec 75

This contradicts N. F. Johnson's arguments that word perception does not follow letter perception and that letter analysis awaits identification of the word as a unit. His experiments lack controls, and uncontrolled factors may contribute to his effects. Johnson's implications for prior-letter-processing models are contradicted. (CHK)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Letters (Alphabet), Psycholinguistics, Reading Processes, Verbal Learning, Visual Perception, Word Recognition

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