SignWriting List Forum| Message 1743 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] | Message Index |
|
SignWriting List Forum |
|||
|
|
From:
Joe Martin Date: Thu Aug 26, 1999 7:17 pm Subject: color coding | ||||||||||||
|
I don't know how important it is, but there is something called the Stroop Effect. When the physical appearance of a written symbol doesn't match the meaning, it makes it harder to read, neurologically. For example, if we wrote the word RED, in green ink. This piece of trivia shambles around in the back of my brain whenever we discuss color coding. It might be something to keep in mind, maybe. The effect applies to other things too, like relative sizes, and it is more pronounced in ideographic scripts than in phonetic ones: whatever that may mean to SignWriting, skilled readers always see whole words and we can safely say that the effect affects them more than beginners, who are still sounding out (handing out? naah.) words. _______________________________________ Joe Martin, Plain Old Ordinary Student Top Left Corner USA | ||||||||||||
|
|