scholarly journals The first letter position effect in visual word recognition: The role of spatial attention.

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 700-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Aschenbrenner ◽  
David A. Balota ◽  
Alexandra J. Weigand ◽  
Michele Scaltritti ◽  
Derek Besner
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Position Effect ◽  
Letter Position ◽  
Visual Word

On the role of spatial attention in visual word recognition

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Besner ◽  
Stephanie Waechter ◽  
Jennifer A. Stolz
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word

The Role of Vocabulary Ability During Visual Word Recognition in Younger and Older Adults

1999 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura J. Kitzan ◽  
F. Richard Ferraro ◽  
Thomas V. Petros ◽  
Mark Ludorf
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word

An Optimal Viewing Position Effect in the Stroop Task When Only One Letter Is the Color Carrier

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben A. Parris ◽  
Dinkar Sharma ◽  
Brendan Weekes
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Visual Word Recognition ◽  
Stroop Task ◽  
Position Effect ◽  
Automatic Processing ◽  
Stroop Interference ◽  
Single Letter ◽  
Visual Word ◽  
Optimal Viewing Position ◽  
Viewing Position

Abstract. Coloring only a single letter in the Stroop task can result in a reduction or elimination of Stroop interference. The present experiments were designed to test whether this modulation of Stroop interference occurs at all letter positions. Specifically, we investigated whether Stroop interference was reduced when the colored letter occupied the optimal viewing position (OVP). The experiments show that Stroop interference is not reduced at the OVP (Experiment 1) and that Stroop interference at the OVP is significantly greater than at other letter positions (Experiments 1 and 2). This finding has important theoretical and methodological consequences for studies of automatic processing in visual word recognition.

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