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Bradley and Garrett (1983) proposed that separate specialized devices subserve the identification of open and closed class items in the left hemisphere, whereas only a single device subserves word identification in the right hemisphere. In this paper, an experiment is described that examined performance on open versus closed class items using Bradley and Garrett’s stimulus set under conditions of foveal presentation. The results do not support the hypothesis that class-specific devices underlie word identification in intact subjects.
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This research was supported by Grants U-0051 and A0998 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. I am grateful to Keith McGowan for programming assistance, and to Doug Snow and Dave Rynard for running subjects.
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Besner, D. Visual word identification: Special-purpose mechanisms for the identification of open and closed class items?. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 26, 91–93 (1988). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334870
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