Tracking the brain signature of (mis)spelled logotypes via letter transpositions and replacements.

ABSTRACT: All leading models of visual word recognition assume a hierarchical process that progressively converts the visual input into abstract letter and word representations. However, the results from recent behavioral studies suggest that the mental representations of words with a highly consistent visual format, such as logotypes, may comprise not only purely abstract information but also perceptual information. This hypothesis would explain why participants often misperceive transposed-letter misspellings with the original base words to a larger degree in logotypes (e.g., SASMUNG, but not SARVUNG, is perceived as SAMSUNG) than in common words. The present experiment examined the electrophysiological signature behind the identification of correctly spelled and misspelled logotypes (via letter t

SUBMITTER: Labusch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316081 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature