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Word superiority effect, Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_superiority_effect
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Word superiority effect, Wikipedia
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In cognitive psychology, the word superiority effect (WSE) refers to the phenomenon that people have better recognition of letters presented within words as compared to isolated letters and to letters presented within nonword (orthographically illegal, unpronounceable letter array) strings.
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This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Psychological Phenomena, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.

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