Reading words with jumbled characters in Japanese

Percept Mot Skills. 2011 Jun;112(3):947-50. doi: 10.2466/11.28.PMS.112.3.947-950.

Abstract

Rayner, et al. (2006) was replicated with 36 Japanese undergraduates who read Japanese sentences in which characters were transposed in one word at the beginning, middle, or end. The same pattern of reading delays in relation to transposition location was found but in smaller magnitude. Transposition of characters at the beginning of words caused the largest delay in reading.

MeSH terms

  • Attention*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Language*
  • Male
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual*
  • Reaction Time*
  • Reading*
  • Semantics*
  • Young Adult