Alphabet Graphic (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins University

Alphabet Graphic

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This chart groups letters based on how similar they looked to test participants who didn't know Arabic and to test participants who were experts in the language. Johns Hopkins researchers found the two groups saw the letters quite differently.

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Robert W. Wiley/JHU

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