Reading and legibility of Chinese characters.
Reading and legibility of Chinese characters.
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10.1037/h0070150
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发表时间:
1929-04
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S. K. Chou
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S. K. Chou
A study of the reading direction and character position as these factors influence the speed of reading Chinese. Characters were printed on cards and exposed by a special type of quadrant tachistoscope. The subjects were required to read these cards in four directions. By altering the position of the characters and the direction of reading, the speed of reading Chinese was found to be impaired in the extreme case by about 19.6%. The change from normal downward reading of upright characters to upward reading showed a 16.7% decrement. Position of the characters is a more important factor in determining the speed than the direction of reading, and it was found better in all position to read from right to left than from left to right, and better to tilt the characters to the right for" up and left" reading, and to the left for" down and right" reading, although tilting characters to the right is better for all directions of reading as a whole. Reading direction is the least important factor in speed of reading Chinese, while character position is the most important factor. A bibliography of 34 titles accompanies the article.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)