The effect of visual complexity and word frequency on eye movements during Chinese reading
The effect of visual complexity and word frequency on eye movements during Chinese reading
Eye movements of native Chinese readers were monitored when they read sentences containing single-character target words orthogonally manipulated for frequency and visual complexity (number of strokes). Both factors yielded strong main effects on skipping probability but no interaction, with readers skipping visually simple and high frequency words more often. However, an interaction between frequency and complexity was observed on the fixation times on the target words with longer fixations for the low frequency, visually complex words. The results demonstrate that visual complexity and frequency have independent influences on saccadic targeting behaviour during Chinese reading but jointly influence fixation durations and that these two factors differently impact fixation durations and saccade targeting during reading
visual complexity, word frequency, skipping, eye movements, chinese reading
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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Zang, Chuanli
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Zhang, Manman
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Bai, Xuejun
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Yan, Guoli
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Drieghe, Denis
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7 March 2014
Liversedge, Simon P.
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Zang, Chuanli
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Zhang, Manman
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Bai, Xuejun
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Yan, Guoli
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Drieghe, Denis
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Liversedge, Simon P., Zang, Chuanli, Zhang, Manman, Bai, Xuejun, Yan, Guoli and Drieghe, Denis
(2014)
The effect of visual complexity and word frequency on eye movements during Chinese reading.
[in special issue: Eye Movements and Visual Cognition: Honoring George W. McConkie]
Visual Cognition, 22 (3-4), .
(doi:10.1080/13506285.2014.889260).
Abstract
Eye movements of native Chinese readers were monitored when they read sentences containing single-character target words orthogonally manipulated for frequency and visual complexity (number of strokes). Both factors yielded strong main effects on skipping probability but no interaction, with readers skipping visually simple and high frequency words more often. However, an interaction between frequency and complexity was observed on the fixation times on the target words with longer fixations for the low frequency, visually complex words. The results demonstrate that visual complexity and frequency have independent influences on saccadic targeting behaviour during Chinese reading but jointly influence fixation durations and that these two factors differently impact fixation durations and saccade targeting during reading
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e-pub ahead of print date: 7 March 2014
Published date: 7 March 2014
Keywords:
visual complexity, word frequency, skipping, eye movements, chinese reading
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/363352
ISSN: 1350-6285
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Xuejun Bai
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