The effect of inter-letter spacing on the N170 during visual word recognition: An event-related potentials experiment.
Previous behavioral studies have shown that inter-letter spacing affects visual word recognition and reading. While condensed spacing may hinder the early stages of letter encoding because of increased crowding effects, the impact of expanded inter-letter spacing is still unclear. To examine the ele...
| Publicado en: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1096 - 1109 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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