Recognition thresholds as a function of word length.
Several experiments investigated the effect of word length on recognition thresholds for both familiar English words and unfamiliar pseudowords, the thresholds measured both with and without a stimulus mask. For familiar English words, length had no effect either with or without a mask. For unfamiliar pseudowords, length had a dramatic effect both with and without a mask.
D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D007802:Language; D011932:Reading; D012858:Size Perception; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception