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01-11-2008 | Original Article

The initial capitalization superiority effect in German: evidence for a perceptual frequency variant of the orthographic cue hypothesis of visual word recognition

Auteurs: Arthur M. Jacobs, Hans-Christoph Nuerk, Ralf Graf, Mario Braun, Tatjana A. Nazir

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 6/2008

Abstract

A perceptual frequency variant of the orthographic cue (OC) hypothesis (Peressotti, Cubelli, & Job, 2003) was tested in two perceptual identification experiments using the variable viewing position technique: German nouns and non-nouns that are most frequently perceived with or without initial letter capitalization, respectively, were tachistoscopically presented in upper-case, lower-case, or with initial capitalization. The results indicated that words were best recognized in the form they are most frequently perceived in, which suggests that during reading acquisition abstract as well as case- and item-specific OCs may be learned and used for recognition.

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Titel: The initial capitalization superiority effect in German: evidence for a perceptual frequency variant of the orthographic cue hypothesis of visual word recognition
Auteurs: Arthur M. Jacobs
Hans-Christoph Nuerk
Ralf Graf
Mario Braun
Tatjana A. Nazir
Publicatiedatum: 01-11-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-008-0168-0

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