Bai,Yan,Zang,Liversedge,and Rayner (2008)investigated word/character recognition in written Chinese.Their major question was whether characters or words would prove to be the fundamental unit of processing in reading Chinese.Their results indicated that

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The researchers found that word spacing led to better reading performance than the spacing typically used in written Chinese, suggesting that words, rather than characters, may be the fundamental unit of processing in reading Chinese. Option A is incorrect because it suggests that increasing character spacing was beneficial, but the researchers did not manipulate character spacing. Options C and D are also incorrect, as the study specifically found that word spacing was superior to normal spacing, rather than equal or inferior.

Bai,Yan,Zang,Liversedge,and Rayner (2008)investigated Word/character Recognition in Written Chinese