Universal Visual Features Might Be Necessary for Fluent Reading. A Longitudinal Study of Visual Reading in Braille and Cyrillic Alphabets
| Autor: | Dominika Radziun, Joanna E. Sowa, Łukasz Bola, Małgorzata Paplińska, Marcin Szwed, Katarzyna Siuda-Krzywicka, Ewa Sumera |
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| Přispěvatelé: | HAL-UPMC, Gestionnaire, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University (UJ), Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Epinière = Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), The Maria Grzegorzewska University [Warsaw], School for the Blind and Partially Sighted Children [Kraków], Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
vision
Computer science Speech recognition media_common.quotation_subject computer.software_genre 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine reading Perception Reading (process) medicine Lexical decision task Contrast (vision) Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences [SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] General Psychology media_common Original Research learning business.industry 4. Education 05 social sciences Braille visual reading sensory perception Test (assessment) human learning Visual cortex medicine.anatomical_structure Scripting language [SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] Artificial intelligence business computer 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Natural language processing blindness |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, 2017, 8, pp.514. ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00514⟩ Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers, 2017, 8, pp.514. ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00514⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00514⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; It has been hypothesized that efficient reading is possible because all reading scripts have been matched, through cultural evolution, to the natural capabilities of the visual cortex. This matching has resulted in all scripts being made of line-junctions, such as T, X, or L. Our aim was to test a critical prediction of this hypothesis: visual reading in an atypical script that is devoid of line-junctions (such as the Braille alphabet read visually) should be much less efficient than reading in a " normal " script (e.g., Cyrillic). Using a lexical decision task, we examined Visual Braille reading speed and efficiency in sighted Braille teachers. As a control, we tested learners of a natural visual script, Cyrillic. Both groups participated in a two semester course of either visual Braille or Russian while their reading speed and accuracy was tested at regular intervals. The results show that visual Braille reading is slow, prone to errors and highly serial, even in Braille readers with years of prior reading experience. Although subjects showed some improvements in their visual Braille reading accuracy and speed following the course, the effect of word length on reading speed (typically observed in beginning readers) was remained very sizeable through all testing sessions. These results are in stark contrast to Cyrillic, a natural script, where only 3 months of learning were sufficient to achieve relative proficiency. Taken together, these results suggest that visual features such as line junctions and their combinations might be necessary for efficient reading. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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