Previous studies (e.g., Pecher, Zeelenberg, & Wagenmakers, 2005) found that semantic classification performance is better for target words with orthographic neighbors that are mostly from the same semantic class (e.g., living) compared to target words with orthographic neighbors that are mostly from the opposite semantic class (e.g., nonliving). In the present study we investigated the contribu...

Orthographic systems vary dramatically in the extent to which they encode a language's phonological and lexico-semantic structure. Studies of effects orthographic transparency suggest that such variation is likely have major implications for how reading system operates. However, studies been unable examine isolation contributory effect on because covarying linguistic or sociocultural factors. W...

One intriguing question in language research concerns the extent to which orthographic information impacts on spoken word processing. Previous research has faced a number of methodological difficulties and has not reached a definitive conclusion. Our research addresses these difficulties by capitalizing on recent developments in the area of word learning. Participants were trained to criterion ...

We investigate the psychophysical and computational processes underlying the perception of depth from texture cues in perspective projections. In particular, we analyse the similarities between the processes associated with perspective and orthographic projections. Based on a series of psychophysical experiments using white noise stimuli presented in perspective projection, we suggest that the ...

This study develops a 3D facial reconstruction system, which consists of five modules, using the orthographic projection model to approximate the perspective projection model. The first module identifies a number of feature points on the face and tracks these feature points over a sequence of facial images by the optical flow technique. The second module applies the factorization method to the ...

A perceptual-recognition task was used to assess whether utilization of orthographic structure in letter recognition varies with reading ability. Anagrams of words were made to create strings that orthogonally combined frequency and regularity measures of orthographic structure. These strings and the original words were used as test stimuli in a letter-recognition task. Good and poor college re...

Many alphabetic studies have evidenced that individuals with developmental dyslexia (DD) have deficits in visual magnocellular (M) pathway. However, there are few studies to investigate the M function of Chinese DD. Chinese is a logographic language, and Chinese characters are complicated in structure. Visual skills and orthographic processing abilities are particularly important for efficient ...