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Abstract:
Dual-Route and Connectionist Single-Route models of reading
have been at odds over claims as to the correct explanation of the
reading process. Recent Dual-Route models predict that subjects
should show an increased naming latency for irregular words when
the irregularity is earlier in the word - a prediction that has
been confirmed in human experiments. Coltheart Rastle (1994) claim
that Single-Route connectionist models cannot account for this
latency by position-of-irregularity interaction. A refutation of
this claim is presented here, consisting of network models which do
show the interaction, along with orthographic neighborhood
statistics that explain the effect.
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