Earlier brain-scanning studies have shown that the part of the brain which identifies word shape is in an area called the fusiform gyrus.
The benefits of mixed case go beyond politesse; readers identify words by their shapes.
Their mother joined in, too, helping identify words and posing for portraits.
The challenge here lies in both capturing good samples and also identifying "words".
The first test was the Stroop, which psychologists use to identify words that are especially meaningful to the test taker.
Dieters, experiencing a scarcity of food, are significantly better than others at identifying words briefly flashed on a screen, provided that they're about food.
Instead, literacy experts emphasize the importance of natural conversations with children, asking questions while reading books, and helping children identify words during playtime.
Mihalcea and Carlo 2009 has considered the problem of identifying words that make sense subjectively.
We identify words in U which are equal modulo the commutativity relations.
