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Script directionality affects nonlinguistic performance: Evidence from Hindi and Urdu
(Springer Netherlands, 1995)
Do directional biases arising from reading habits "invade" the nonlinguistic domain? This chapter reviews evidence from readers of Hindi and Urdu on this issue.
Asymmetries in representational drawing: Alternatives to a laterality account
(Mouton de Gruyter, 2011)
When drawing familiar objects there is a bias in starting location, stroke direction, and object orientation or facing. Directional biases are also apparent in the speed and accuracy with which rightward vs. leftward facing ...
Orthographic characteristics speed Hindi word naming but slow Urdu naming: evidence from Hindi/Urdu biliterates
(Springer, 2011)
Two primed naming experiments tested the orthographic depth hypothesis in skilled biliterate readers of Hindi and Urdu. These languages are very similar on the spoken level but differ greatly in script; Hindi is a highly ...