On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text
We happened to observe that text that was reflected about either the horizontal or vertical axis was more difficult to read than text that was reflected about first one and then the other, which amounts to a 180-degree rotation. In this article, we review a number of studies that examine the nature...
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| description | We happened to observe that text that was reflected about either the horizontal or vertical axis was more difficult to read than text that was reflected about first one and then the other, which amounts to a 180-degree rotation. In this article, we review a number of studies that examine the nature of recognizing reflected and inverted letters, and the frequency of mirror reversal errors (e.g., confusing 'b' for 'd') in children and adults. We explore recent ideas linking the acquisition of literacy with the loss of mirror-invariance, not just for text, but for objects in general. We try to connect these various literatures to examine why certain transformations of text are more difficult to read than others for adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cfbe79171157470286fb49337fbabd552022-12-22T02:18:08ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942017-02-01932810.3390/sym9030028sym9030028On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated TextGennady Erlikhman0Lars Strother1Iskra Barzakov2Gideon Paul Caplovitz3Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USAWe happened to observe that text that was reflected about either the horizontal or vertical axis was more difficult to read than text that was reflected about first one and then the other, which amounts to a 180-degree rotation. In this article, we review a number of studies that examine the nature of recognizing reflected and inverted letters, and the frequency of mirror reversal errors (e.g., confusing 'b' for 'd') in children and adults. We explore recent ideas linking the acquisition of literacy with the loss of mirror-invariance, not just for text, but for objects in general. We try to connect these various literatures to examine why certain transformations of text are more difficult to read than others for adults.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/9/3/28mirror-reversalleft-right reversalreadingreversal errorsmirrored text |
| spellingShingle | Gennady Erlikhman Lars Strother Iskra Barzakov Gideon Paul Caplovitz On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text Symmetry mirror-reversal left-right reversal reading reversal errors mirrored text |
| title | On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text |
| title_full | On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text |
| title_fullStr | On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text |
| title_short | On the Legibility of Mirror-Reflected and Rotated Text |
| title_sort | on the legibility of mirror reflected and rotated text |
| topic | mirror-reversal left-right reversal reading reversal errors mirrored text |
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