Adaptive Changes in Grain-size in Morphological Processing |
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Authors: | Chang H Lee |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Shinsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 121-742, Korea;(2) Department of Psychology, Pusan National Univeristy, 30 Changjeon-Dong, Keumjeong-Ku, Busan, 609-735, South Korea |
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Abstract: | Substantial neurobiological data indicate that the dominant cortical region for printed-word recognition shifts from a temporo-parietal
(dorsal) to an occipito-temporal (ventral) locus with increasing recognition experience. The circuits also have different
characteristic speeds of response and word preferences. Previous evidence suggested that grain-size increased with word repetition.
In the present experiment, we examined morpheme boundaries imposing a limitation on steadily increasing grain-size within
a word. We manipulated the type font within a word so that it either emphasized or disguised the word’s morphemic structure.
The results showed that, even after several repetitions, morphemic structure had an effect on word recognition, although eventually
it did become nonsignificant. Thus, the spread of grain-size with repetition does not appear to cross morpheme boundaries
easily. These results suggest that skilled, experienced, word recognition may achieve its speed, substantially, by unitizing
the word’s letters within but not across its morphological units. |
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Keywords: | Word learning Grainsize Morphological processing Repetition Mixed case |
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