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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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Published in:Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 32 - 44
Main Authors: Léger, Laure, Rouet, Jean-François, Ros, Christine, Vibert, Nicolas
Format: Article
Published: Canadian Psychological Association Mar2012
Subjects:
Analysis of variance
College students
Reading
Semantics
Vocabulary
Eye movements
Research funding
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