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Perceptual uncertainty is a property of the cognitive system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Manuel Perea  and
Manuel Carreiras
Manuel Perea
Affiliation:
Departamento de Metodología and ERI-Lectura, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain. mperea@uv.es http://www.uv.es/mperea
Manuel Carreiras
Affiliation:
Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, and Language, 20009 San Sebastián-Donostia, Spain. m.carreiras@bcbl.eu http://www.bcbl.eu/people/staff/manuel_carreiras
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Abstract

We qualify Frost's proposals regarding letter-position coding in visual word recognition and the universal model of reading. First, we show that perceptual uncertainty regarding letter position is not tied to European languages – instead it is a general property of the cognitive system. Second, we argue that a universal model of reading should incorporate a developmental view of the reading process.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 298 - 299
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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