Orthographic Versus Semantic Matching in Visual Search for Words Within Lists.

An eye-tracking experiment was performed to assess the influence of orthographic and semantic distractor words on visual search for words within lists. The target word (e.g., "raven") was either shown to participants before the search (literal search) or defined by its semantic category (e.g., "bird...

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Publicado en:Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 32 - 44
Autores principales: Léger, Laure, Rouet, Jean-François, Ros, Christine, Vibert, Nicolas
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Publicado: Canadian Psychological Association Mar2012
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          Léger, Laure
          Rouet, Jean-François
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        Analysis of variance
        College students
        Reading
        Semantics
        Vocabulary
        Eye movements
        Research funding
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        category membership
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        associations sémantiques
        enregistrements des mouvements oculaires
        recherche visuelle de mots
        similarité orthographique
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        eye movement recordings
        orthographic similarity
        semantic associates
        visual search for words
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        associations sémantiques
        enregistrements des mouvements oculaires
        recherche visuelle de mots
        similarité orthographique
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