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Case alternation and length effects in lateralized word recognition: studies of English and Hebrew
Michal Lavidor1, Andrew W Ellis, Ainat Pansky
1Department of Psychology, University of Hull, UK. m.lavidor@hull.ac.uk
Brain and Cognition
|December 5, 2002
Abstract:
Effects of CaSe AlTeRnAtIoN were studied in two lateralized visual lexical decision experiments. We manipulated word length and letter case (UPPER, lower and MiXeD) in both English (Exp. 1, N=60) and Hebrew (Exp. 2, N=60). The previously reported visual field and word length interaction was found for upper and lower case presentation, but not for MiXeD CaSe, where both fields were affected by word length. The effects of case alternation are discussed in light of a new lateralized word recognition theory.