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Influence of Parafoveal Processing on the Missing-Letter Effect

Abstract

According to the parafoveal-processing hypothesis, letters are more often missed in function words than in content words because the former are more likely to be identified in the parafovea, where letter processing is not available. Contrary to previous demonstrations, more omissions occurred in function words than in content words when parafoveal processing was not available because words were displayed in column format, text was read through …

Authors

Saint-Aubin J; Klein RM

Journal

Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 318–334

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

4 2001

DOI

10.1037/0096-1523.27.2.318

ISSN

0096-1523