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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

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  • Holistic processing, characteristic of expertise, is observed in word and face recognition.
  • The word composite effect mirrors the face composite effect, indicating difficulty in processing word halves independently.
  • Despite similarities, face and word recognition involve distinct neural mechanisms with opposing hemispheric lateralization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether holistic processing in word recognition utilizes different mechanisms than in face recognition.
  • To replicate a previous face recognition study using artificial objects and words.
  • To explore the role of alignment and congruency in inducing holistic processing for words.

Main Methods:

  • Replication of a face composite study using artificial objects and words.
  • Experiment 1: Composite task with aligned artificial objects to assess congruency effects.
  • Experiment 2: Interleaved task to induce congruency effects for 'Ziggerins' (artificial words) under aligned and misaligned conditions, followed by a stricter test comparing words and pseudowords.

Main Results:

  • No congruency effects were found for aligned artificial objects in the composite task.
  • A congruency effect for 'Ziggerins' was induced in the interleaved task, stronger when stimuli were aligned.
  • No significant difference in congruency effects was observed between aligned words and pseudowords.

Conclusions:

  • Holistic processing in word recognition may involve different mechanisms compared to face recognition.
  • The alignment of word parts influences the manifestation of holistic processing.
  • These findings suggest domain-specific mechanisms underlie holistic processing across different expertise domains.