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Single letters and redundant CVCs and CCCs were presented at threshold durations and followed by a pattern mask. Performance on three-letter stimuli was greater than on single letters. The increased performance was consistent with a state model of perceptual independence. Conditional redundancy increased the frequency with which all three letters were accurately reported as compared to correlational redundancy. Meaning and pronounceability had little effect on performance.
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This investigation was supported by United States Public Health Service Research Grant MH-1206, United States Public Health Service Research Career Program A ward K 6-MH-22014, and Predoctoral Fellowship 1-F01-MH-47201-01.
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Colegate, R.L., Eriksen, C.W. Form of redundancy as a determinant of tachistoscopic word recognition. Perception & Psychophysics 12, 477–481 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210939
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210939