Local strategic control of information in visual word recognition

In the present studies, we examined strategic flexibility in the use of lexical and sublexical information in Korean word recognition. Korean readers show a large frequency effect for words printed in the alphabetic Hangul script only if these words are embedded in a list consisting largely of logog...

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Published in:Memory & cognition 2001-06, Vol.29 (4), p.648-655
Main Authors: HYEWON KANG, SIMPSON, Greg B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cues
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Korea
Language
Languages
Linguistics
Male
Production and perception of spoken language
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reading
Recall
Recognition (Psychology)
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Summary:In the present studies, we examined strategic flexibility in the use of lexical and sublexical information in Korean word recognition. Korean readers show a large frequency effect for words printed in the alphabetic Hangul script only if these words are embedded in a list consisting largely of logographic (Hanza) words. In the first experiment, high- and low- frequency Hangul words were preceded by Hangul or Hanza words. Frequency effects were eliminated when a Hangul target word was preceded by two Hangul words, even when the overall proportion of Hanza words in the list was large. In the second experiment, one group saw each stimulus preceded by a cue indicating which script would be seen on that trial. Frequency effects for Hangul targets were absent under this condition, but were present when subjects were not so cued. These results indicate that Korean readers are able to control their use of lexical and sublexical information over a small number of stimuli or even trial by trial.
ISSN:0090-502X
1532-5946
DOI:10.3758/BF03200466