What can we learn from humans about orthographic processing in monkeys ? a reply to frost and keuleers (2013).
We drew four conclusions from this paper. First, we inferred that monkeys use a truly orthographic rather than a visual code, that is, they decompose words into their component letters rather than process them as a whole visual shape. Second, it appears that prior linguistic knowledge is therefore not a necessary prerequisite in order to achieve humanlike orthographic processing. Third, orthographic processing is, at least partly, constrained by general principles of visual object processing shared by monkeys and humans