APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
WITHDRAWN - The Role of Line Junctions In Visual Word Recognition: A Coccyx or a Feather In Reading?
- Tania Fernandes
Faculty of Psychology, Universidade de Lisboa - Laura Mealha
Faculty of Psychology, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Abstract
Visual word recognition suffers when line junctions (vertices) are removed. Four experiments using naming, lexical decision, and masked priming revealed smaller vertex effects for pseudowords than words, unaffected by word frequency. These findings suggest vertices serve a repurposed functional role in reading rather than a vestigial remnant of object recognition.
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