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Alan C-N Wong1, Cindy M Bukach, Crystal Yuen

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Expert word recognition engages holistic processing, similar to face perception. This processing is influenced by language experience and stimulus type, suggesting shared mechanisms in perceptual expertise.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Perceptual Learning

Background:

  • Perceptual expertise, particularly with faces, often involves holistic processing for subordinate-level discrimination.
  • Expert word recognition is typically considered basic-level, part-based processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether expert word recognition also engages holistic processing.
  • To compare perceptual expertise in word recognition with that of face recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the composite task paradigm, commonly used in face perception research.
  • Compared native and second-language readers' processing of words and pseudowords.

Main Results:

  • Provided clear evidence of holistic processing in expert English word recognition.
  • Demonstrated that holistic processing for words is sensitive to language experience and stimulus type (words vs. pseudowords).

Conclusions:

  • Holistic processing is engaged in expert word recognition, challenging previous assumptions.
  • Findings suggest potential shared neural mechanisms underlying perceptual expertise across different domains.
  • This research facilitates cross-domain comparisons of perceptual expertise.