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    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Linguistics
    • Human-Computer Interaction

    Background:

    • English word recognition involves segmenting text into orthographic units corresponding to sounds.
    • Irregular English orthography complicates this segmentation process compared to regular languages.
    • Visual interventions aim to simplify segmentation and reduce reading's computational cost.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate if visual segmentation techniques can aid reading and word recognition.
    • To quantify the impact of different visual segmentation methods on reading speed.
    • To explore the interaction between typographic encoding and visual variables in text.

    Main Methods:

    • Conducted pre-registered lexical decision experiments with 192 participants.
    • Tested five visual segmentation types: outlines, spacing, connections, underlines, and color.
    • Measured word identification times for each visual intervention.

    Main Results:

    • All tested visual segmentation techniques slowed down word identification.
    • The slowing effect ranged from 32.7ms (color) to 70.7ms (connections).
    • Moderate training with these interventions did not accelerate the lexical decision task for typical adult readers.

    Conclusions:

    • Visual segmentation interventions, despite intentions, do not accelerate word recognition in typical adult readers.
    • These findings provide empirical data on the reading cost of common text visualizations.
    • The interaction of visual variables with typography suggests novel theoretical directions for reading research.