Abstract
The present study investigated the effects of visual complexity for kanji processing by selecting target kanji from different stroke ranges of visually simple (2-6 strokes), medium (8-12 strokes), and complex (14-20 strokes) kanji with high and low frequencies. A kanji lexical decision task in Experiment 1 and a kanji naming task in Experiment 2 were administered to native Japanese speakers. Results of both experiments showed that visual complexity inhibited the processing of low-frequency kanji, whereas such consistent, inhibitory effects of visual complexity were not observed in the processing of high-frequency kanji. Kanji with medium complexity were processed faster than simple and complex kanji in high frequency.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 205-223 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Reading and Writing |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 Feb |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 13th stroke boundary
- Japanese kanji
- Kanji frequency
- Strokes
- Visual complexity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Education
- Linguistics and Language
- Speech and Hearing