The word-superiority effect under conditions that approximate reading.
Observers detected a briefly flashed target letter embedded in word, pronounceable nonword, and unpronounceable nonword contexts. The word context facilitated perception under both holistic and analytical processing strategies; the facilitative effect was enhanced when processing was analytical.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011601:Psychophysics; D011932:Reading; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*