TY - JOUR
T1 - Parts, wholes and context in reading
T2 - A triple dissociation
AU - Pelli, Denis G.
AU - Tillman, Katharine A.
PY - 2007/8/1
Y1 - 2007/8/1
N2 - Research in object recognition has tried to distinguish holistic recognition from recognition by parts. One can also guess an object from its context. Words are objects, and how we recognize them is the core question of reading research. Do fast readers rely most on letter-by-letter decoding (i.e., recognition by parts), whole word shape, or sentence context? We manipulated the text to selectively knock out each source of information while sparing the others. Surprisingly, the effects of the knockouts on reading rate reveal a triple dissociation. Each reading process always contributes the same number of words per minute, regardless of whether the other processes are operating.
AB - Research in object recognition has tried to distinguish holistic recognition from recognition by parts. One can also guess an object from its context. Words are objects, and how we recognize them is the core question of reading research. Do fast readers rely most on letter-by-letter decoding (i.e., recognition by parts), whole word shape, or sentence context? We manipulated the text to selectively knock out each source of information while sparing the others. Surprisingly, the effects of the knockouts on reading rate reveal a triple dissociation. Each reading process always contributes the same number of words per minute, regardless of whether the other processes are operating.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0000680
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0000680
M3 - Article
C2 - 17668058
AN - SCOPUS:35549002975
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 2
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 8
M1 - e680
ER -