Why C Is Not G: Dyslexia Treatment Clues From Research On How We Identify Letters

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 12:28 in Biology & Nature

The next time you are reading a book, or even as you read this article, consider the words that you are seeing. How do you recognize these words? A new study reveals that the most important features for identifying both upper and lower case letters are the points where the letters end, also known as line terminations. The presence of horizontal lines in the letters was the second most important feature for letter recognition.

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