title: An alternative for judging confusability of visual letters.
abstract: Numerical values for shared distinctive features were derived from Gibson's (1) feature analysis of the 26 uppercase alphabet letters. Due to the lack of agreement among the empirical matrices, it is proposed that this more general table is a useful and practical approach for judging confusability of visual letters for uppercase items. Reaction time data from a Posner-type of letter-matching task support the effectiveness of the table for judging visual confusability among uppercase letters.
mesh_terms: D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D011930:Reaction Time; D014796:Visual Perception