File Download

There are no files associated with this item.

  Links for fulltext
     (May Require Subscription)
Supplementary

Article: Font tuning associated with expertise in letter perception

TitleFont tuning associated with expertise in letter perception
Authors
Issue Date2006
PublisherPion Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.perceptionweb.com
Citation
Perception, 2006, v. 35 n. 4, p. 541-559 How to Cite?
AbstractFont tuning (FT) occurs when observers recognize a sequence of letters presented in the same font faster than in different fonts (Sanocki 1987, 1988 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 13 267-278; 14 472-480). Here, we test the hypothesis that FT is associated with expertise with a specific writing system. We developed a systematic search task allowing the measurement of FT over a large number of letters and generalized the finding of FT from English readers viewing Roman letters to Chinese readers viewing Chinese characters. Non-Chinese readers did not show evidence of FT for Chinese characters in this search task. We also used a simpler 3-letter identification task to directly compare novice and expert readers, and to explore FT for different aspects of font such as fill, slant, and aspect ratio. We found that experts tune to aspect ratio but not to the other font changes. These findings reveal that letters are not processed visually in the same manner as shapes, and suggest an explanation for the cortical specialization obtained in the visual system for letters.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/89486
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.584
ISI Accession Number ID
References

 

DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorGauthier, Ien_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, ACNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHayward, WGen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, OSen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:57:38Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:57:38Z-
dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPerception, 2006, v. 35 n. 4, p. 541-559en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0301-0066en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/89486-
dc.description.abstractFont tuning (FT) occurs when observers recognize a sequence of letters presented in the same font faster than in different fonts (Sanocki 1987, 1988 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 13 267-278; 14 472-480). Here, we test the hypothesis that FT is associated with expertise with a specific writing system. We developed a systematic search task allowing the measurement of FT over a large number of letters and generalized the finding of FT from English readers viewing Roman letters to Chinese readers viewing Chinese characters. Non-Chinese readers did not show evidence of FT for Chinese characters in this search task. We also used a simpler 3-letter identification task to directly compare novice and expert readers, and to explore FT for different aspects of font such as fill, slant, and aspect ratio. We found that experts tune to aspect ratio but not to the other font changes. These findings reveal that letters are not processed visually in the same manner as shapes, and suggest an explanation for the cortical specialization obtained in the visual system for letters.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPion Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.perceptionweb.comen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofPerceptionen_HK
dc.titleFont tuning associated with expertise in letter perceptionen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0301-0066&volume=35&spage=541&epage=559&date=2006&atitle=Font-tuning+associated+with+expertise+in+letter+perception.en_HK
dc.identifier.emailHayward, WG:whayward@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.authorityHayward, WG=rp00630en_HK
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1068/p5313en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid16700295-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-33646504691en_HK
dc.identifier.hkuros115246en_HK
dc.relation.referenceshttp://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-33646504691&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpageen_HK
dc.identifier.volume35en_HK
dc.identifier.issue4en_HK
dc.identifier.spage541en_HK
dc.identifier.epage559en_HK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000237504700011-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridGauthier, I=7004432846en_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridWong, ACN=7403147319en_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridHayward, WG=7006352956en_HK
dc.identifier.scopusauthoridCheung, OS=13408313600en_HK
dc.identifier.issnl0301-0066-

Export via OAI-PMH Interface in XML Formats


OR


Export to Other Non-XML Formats