Word shape reading theory abandoned by cognitive psych 30 years ago! Larson’s debunking: https://www.microsoft.com/typography/ctfonts/WordRecognition.aspx … (2/2)
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Replying to @ThomasPhinney
!!! “The weakest evidence (…) is that lowercase text is read faster than uppercase text. This is entirely a practice effect.”
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Replying to @mwichary
I agree that it's the weakest evidence. Could also be explained by the fact that lowercase letters have more varied letter shapes.
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Replying to @ThomasPhinney
Following few sentences seem to disagree with that, saying you can become as good as reading uppercase as lowercase.
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Replying to @mwichary
True. I would love to read the research on this topic. I should ask Kevin Larson about the sources.
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Replying to @ThomasPhinney
Let me know if you ever learn more. This is fascinating to me.
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