NDLI: A letter visual-similarity matrix for Latin-based alphabets

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Author	Simpson, Ian C. Mousikou, Petroula Montoya, Juan Manuel Defior, Sylvia
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Indicators of letter visual similarity have been used for controlling the design of empirical and neuropsychological studies and for rigorously determining the factors that underlie reading ability and literacy acquisition. Additionally, these letter similarity/confusability matrices have been useful for studies examining more general aspects of human cognition, such as perception. Despite many letter visual-similarity matrices being available, they all have two serious limitations if they are to be used by researchers in the reading domain: (1) They have been constructed using atypical reading data obtained from speeded reading-aloud tasks and/or under degraded presentation conditions; (2) they only include letters from the English alphabet. Although some letter visual-similarity matrices have been constructed using data gathered from normal reading conditions, these either are based on old fonts, which may not resemble the letters found in modern print, or were never published. For the first time, this article presents a comprehensive letter visual-similarity/confusability matrix that has been constructed based on untimed responses to clearly presented upper- and lowercase letters that are present in many languages that use Latin-based alphabets, including Catalan, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Such a matrix will be useful for researchers interested in the processes underpinning reading and literacy acquisition.
Starting Page	431
Ending Page	439
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07433808
Journal	Behavior Research Methods
Volume Number	45
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15543528
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-10-06
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Letter visual-similarity/confusability matrix Latin alphabets Reading Literacy acquisition Cognitive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3200/3201 Psychology

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