The optimal use of non-optimal letter information in foveal and parafoveal word recognition

• Published in: Vision research (Oxford) Vol. 155; pp. 44 - 61
• Main Authors: Bernard, Jean-Baptiste, Castet, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Cognitive Sciences; Crowding; Letter recognition; Life Sciences; Neurons and Cognition; Psychology and behavior; Reading; Word recognition; Word recognition model; Reading; Word recognition model; Word recognition; Letter recognition; Crowding

Letters and words across the visual field can be difficult to identify due to limiting visual factors such as acuity, crowding and position uncertainty. Here, we show that when human readers identify words presented at foveal and para-foveal locations, they act like theoretical observers making opti...