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Do alternating-color words facilitate reading aloud text in Chinese? Evidence with developing and adult readers.

Prior research has shown that colors induce perceptual grouping and, hence, colors can be used as word dividers during reading (Pinna & Deiana, 2014). This issue is particularly important for those writing systems that do not employ interword spaces (e.g., Chinese). The rationale is that alternating...

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Published in:Memory & Cognition Vol. 45; no. 7; pp. 1160 - 1171
Main Authors: Perea, Manuel, Wang, Xiaoyun
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2017
Subjects:
Literacy
Reading
Vocabulary
Written communication
Chinese people
Color vision
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