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The study of orthographic processing has broadened research in visual word recognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Carol Whitney
Carol Whitney*
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Independent Researcher, 629 Piping Rock Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905. cwhitney@cs.umd.edu
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Abstract

Interest in orthographic processing reflects an expansion, not constriction, of the scope of research in visual word recognition (VWR). Transposition effects are merely one aspect of investigations into orthographic encoding, while open bigrams can accommodate differences across languages. The target article's inaccurate characterization of the study of orthographic processing is not conducive to the advancement of VWR research.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 309 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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