High variability orthographic training: Learning words in a logographic script through training with multiple typefaces.

ABSTRACT: We tested whether naturally occurring visual variability-specifically, typefaces-would help people generalize word learning to typefaces they had never seen before. In Chinese, thousands of unique written characters must be learned item by item, and differentiated from similar-looking characters. Participants (n = 190) with no previous Chinese experience learned 24 Chinese characters in one of two training groups: the Single-Typeface group trained using only one of three Chinese typefaces; the Variable-Typeface group trained using all three. Everyone completed two training and testing phases. During Definition Training, they saw each character six times and learned to associate it with an English definition (-water). After training, participants were tested on their accuracy in providing d

SUBMITTER: Pelzl E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12426071 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature