Spatiotemporal letter processing in visual word recognition uncovered by perceptual oscillations.

ABSTRACT: Despite decades of intense study, the spatiotemporal processing of letters in visual word recognition has yet to be elucidated, with the debate largely focusing on whether individual letters are processed serially or in parallel. The present study investigated the processing of individual letters and letter combinations through time in visual word recognition using displays where signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) varied randomly throughout a 200 ms exposure duration. In Experiment 1, SNR varied either homogeneously across all letters or independently for each letter position (cf. heterogeneous sampling). Reading accuracy was substantially greater with homogeneous than heterogeneous sampling. Experiment 2 again used heterogeneous sampling and classification images (CIs) were calculated for indivi

SUBMITTER: Arguin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12710787 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature