Recently, paradigms in the face recognition literature have been adopted to reveal holistic processing in word recognition. It is unknown, however, whether different measures of holistic word processing share similar underlying mechanisms, and whether fluent word reading relies on holistic word processing. We measured holistic processing effects in three paradigms (composite, configural sensitivity, part–whole) as well as in reading fluency (3DM task: reading aloud high- and low-frequency words and pseudowords). Bin scores were used to combine accuracy and response time variables in the quest for a more comprehensive, reliable, and valid measure of holistic processing. Weak correlations were found between the different holistic processing measures, with only a significant correlation between the configural sensitivity effect and part–whole effect (r = .32) and a trend of a positive correlation between the word composite effect and configural sensitivity effect (r = .21). Of the three holistic processing measures, only one (part–whole effect) correlated with a lexical access measure of 3DM (r = .23). We also performed a principal component analysis (PCA) of performance in the three lists of 3DM, with the second most probably reflecting lexical access processes. There was a tendency for a positive correlation between part–whole bin measure and Component 2 of PCA. We also found a positive correlation between composite aligned in accuracy and Component 2 of PCA.

Our results show that different measures of holistic word processing reflect predominantly different mechanisms, and that differences among normal readers in word reading do not seem to depend highly on holistic processing.

最近，人脸识别文献中的范例已被采用来揭示单词识别中的整体处理。然而，目前尚不清楚整体文字处理的不同措施是否具有相似的潜在机制，以及流畅的单词阅读是否依赖于整体文字处理。我们测量了三种范式（复合、配置敏感性、部分-整体）以及阅读流畅度（3DM 任务：大声朗读高频和低频词和伪词）的整体处理效果。Bin 分数用于结合准确性和响应时间变量，以寻求更全面、可靠和有效的整体处理度量。在不同的整体处理措施之间发现了弱相关性，只有配置敏感性效应和部分-整体效应之间存在显着相关性（r = .32）和词复合效应与配置敏感性效应之间呈正相关的趋势（r = .21）。在三个整体处理测量中，只有一个（部分-整体效应）与 3DM 的词汇访问测量相关（r = .23）。我们还对 3DM 的三个列表中的性能进行了主成分分析 (PCA)，第二个最可能反映了词汇访问过程。部分-整体箱测量与 PCA 的组件 2 之间存在正相关的趋势。我们还发现复合材料的准确性与 PCA 的组件 2 之间存在正相关。

我们的研究结果表明，整体文字处理的不同测量主要反映了不同的机制，正常读者之间的文字阅读差异似乎并不高度依赖于整体处理。