Yu, Ruoyu (2022) The Effect of Tail Frequencies on Binding of Specific Position in (Non)Word and Letter Recognition. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Previous research found that letter recall accuracy for five-letter English-like words (English, Dutch, German) showed a U-shape pattern, except for five-letter Dutch words outside the third letter position, which appeared to be an unexpected peak. Therefore, other studies have explored this with a focus on warning signals but did not find a significant difference. Based on previous research, this thesis conducted follow-up research, used the Conceptual Networks as an essential theoretical basis, and used masked priming for position-specific letter-recall tasks. This experiment tested the effect of different tail frequencies on position-specific recall accuracy of letters in (non)words. 62 participants (12.9% native English speakers) conducted an online the n-th letter task at home. The variables on top of this were the different positions of the letters tested and the different tail frequencies in different word types. The experimental results showed that English five-letter words did not peak in the third position, but this study supported a U-shaped distribution in the non-words under both the tail frequency condition. Future studies should expand the number of participants and, as far as possible, align the participants' native language with the language of the words tested.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Vries, P. de and Mijn, W.R. van der |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2022 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2022 13:42 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1107 |
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