Effect of visual complexity in tachistoscopic recognition of Kanji and Kana symbols by German subjects

The influence of expertise and of physical complexity on visual short-term memory consolidation

“…The number of strokes can be found in dictionaries because they are an important feature for processing of Chinese characters. The number of strokes is considered as an estimate of complexity of characters (e.g., Coney, 1997;Hartje, Hannen, & Willmes, 1986), and it is quite similar to the number of line segments. We therefore used it to generally describe the physical complexity of Chinese characters.…”

Russian norms for name agreement, image agreement for the colorized version of the Snodgrass and Vanderwart pictures and age of acquisition, conceptual familiarity, and imageability scores for modal object names

“…For each picture, they indicate their rating of the degree of visual complexity with point scales; for example, the score 1 is given to a visually simple picture and 5 to a visually very complex one. Although visual complexity affects ease of recognition in tachistoscopic tasks (e.g., Hartje, Hannen, & Willmes, 1986), only a few studies have shown it to be a reliable predictor of naming times (Barry et al, 1997;Bonin et al, 2002;Cycowicz et al, 1997;Weekes et al, 2007; but see Ellis & Morrison, 1998). Székely and Bates (2000) have proposed other measures of visual complexity that do not rely on behavioral performance, such as (subjective) visual complexity ratings.…”

A new set of 299 pictures for psycholinguistic studies: French norms for name agreement, image agreement, conceptual familiarity, visual complexity, image variability, age of acquisition, and naming latencies

“…The VC of the pictures has not been found to contribute robustly to naming times (Barry et al, 1997;Cycowicz et al, 1997; but see Ellis & Morrison, 1998). However, this variable has been found to affect ease of recognition in tachistoscopic tasks (e.g., Hartje, Hannen, & Willmes, 1986).…”