Table 1. Summary of the results of three behavioral experiments.

	Experiment 1	Experiment 2		Experiment 3
	Reading			Gender judgment
	compound characters in the central fovea	simple characters in the LFF/ RFF	compound characters in the LFF/ RFF	Chimeric face in the central fovea
Whole characters	14/60(23%)	—	—	—
Components (Characters) in LFF (Correct rate, %)	14/60(23%)	8/18(44%)	0/64(0%)	—
Components (Characters) in RFF (Correct rate, %)	44/60(73%)	17/18(94%)	33/64(52%)	—
Judged as the gender of the left half face (%)	—	—	—	17/20 (85%)
Judged as the gender of the right half face (%)	—	—	—	3/20 (15%)

Note: LFF = left foveal field, RFF = right foveal field; * LFF versus RFF,

x²(1) = 30.0, p = 0.000;

x²(1) = 10.6, p = 0.003;

x²(1) = 44.5, p = 0.000;

x²(1) = 19.6, p = 0.000.