The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names

Visual errors in the perception of written drug names can reflect orthographic similarity amongst certain names. Drug names are typically printed in lowercase text. ‘Tall Man’ lettering, the capitalisation of the portions that differ amongst orthographically similar drug names, is employed in the fi...

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Main Authors: Iain T. Darker, David Gerret, Ruth Filik, Kevin Purdy, Alastair Gale
Format: Default Article
Published: 2011
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Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified
Drug name
Medication error
Reading
Tall Man lettering
Visual perception
Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15402
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