Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.

<h4>Background</h4>Several recent studies have revealed that words presented with a small increase in interletter spacing are identified faster than words presented with the default interletter spacing (i.e., w a t e r faster than water). Modeling work has shown that this advantage occur...

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Autores principales:	Manuel Perea, Pablo Gomez
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:44b379dab5ec4c478296f5946a4161752021-11-18T08:11:40ZSubtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0047568https://doaj.org/article/44b379dab5ec4c478296f5946a4161752012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23082178/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Several recent studies have revealed that words presented with a small increase in interletter spacing are identified faster than words presented with the default interletter spacing (i.e., w a t e r faster than water). Modeling work has shown that this advantage occurs at an early encoding level. Given the implications of this finding for the ease of reading in the new digital era, here we examined whether the beneficial effect of small increases in interletter spacing can be generalized to a normal reading situation.<h4>Methodology</h4>We conducted an experiment in which the participant's eyes were monitored when reading sentences varying in interletter spacing: i) sentences were presented with the default (0.0) interletter spacing; ii) sentences presented with a +1.0 interletter spacing; and iii) sentences presented with a +1.5 interletter spacing.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Results showed shorter fixation duration times as an inverse function of interletter spacing (i.e., fixation durations were briefest with +1.5 spacing and slowest with the default spacing).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of the fixated word during normal reading. Thus, interletter spacing is a parameter that may affect the ease of reading, and it could be adjustable in future implementations of e-book readers.Manuel PereaPablo GomezPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 10, p e47568 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Manuel Perea Pablo Gomez Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Several recent studies have revealed that words presented with a small increase in interletter spacing are identified faster than words presented with the default interletter spacing (i.e., w a t e r faster than water). Modeling work has shown that this advantage occurs at an early encoding level. Given the implications of this finding for the ease of reading in the new digital era, here we examined whether the beneficial effect of small increases in interletter spacing can be generalized to a normal reading situation.<h4>Methodology</h4>We conducted an experiment in which the participant's eyes were monitored when reading sentences varying in interletter spacing: i) sentences were presented with the default (0.0) interletter spacing; ii) sentences presented with a +1.0 interletter spacing; and iii) sentences presented with a +1.5 interletter spacing.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Results showed shorter fixation duration times as an inverse function of interletter spacing (i.e., fixation durations were briefest with +1.5 spacing and slowest with the default spacing).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of the fixated word during normal reading. Thus, interletter spacing is a parameter that may affect the ease of reading, and it could be adjustable in future implementations of e-book readers.
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title	Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.
title_short	Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.
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title_fullStr	Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.
title_full_unstemmed	Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.
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Subtle increases in interletter spacing facilitate the encoding of words during normal reading.

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