Crowding Affects Letters and Symbols Differently

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-688

  Grainger, Jonathan ^a   Tydgat, Ilse ^b   Isselé, Joanna ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crowding; Letter perception; Orthographic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955530046     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016888     Document Type: Article

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