Decision times in orthographic processing: a cross-linguistic study.

ABSTRACT: Reading comparisons across transparent and opaque orthographies indicate critical differences that may reveal the mechanisms involved in orthographic decoding across orthographies. Here, we address the role of criterion and speed of processing in accounting for performance differences across languages. We used binary tasks involving orthographic (words-pseudowords), and non-orthographic materials (female-male faces), and analyzed results based on Ratcliff's Diffusion model. In the first study, 29 English and 28 Italian university students were given a lexical decision test. English observers made more errors than Italian observers while showing generally similar reaction times. In terms of the diffusion model, the two groups differed in the decision criterion: English observers used a lowe

SUBMITTER: Mauti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature