Abstract
This experiment examined the orientation effects on identification of single kanjis (Chinese characters). Stimulus were shown at various orientations by rotating the single kanjis in the picture plane. The identification task produced a large orientation effect for complex kanjis (of 14-18 strokes) but a small or no orientation effect for simple kanjis (of 2-6 strokes). The results suggest that the processes producing the orientation effects on stimulus identification differ from those on normal-mirror judgement.
