Is orthographic information from multiple parafoveal words processed in parallel: an eye- tracking study
Is orthographic information from multiple parafoveal words processed in parallel: an eye- tracking study
In the current study we investigated whether orthographic information available from one upcoming parafoveal word influences the processing of another parafoveal word. Across two experiments we used the boundary paradigm (Rayner, 1975) to present participants with an identity preview of the two words after the boundary (e.g. hot pan), a preview in which two letters were transposed between these words (e.g. hop tan), or a preview in which the same two letters were substituted (e.g. hob fan). We hypothesized that if these two words were processed in parallel in the parafovea then we may observe significant preview benefits for the condition in which the letters were transposed between words relative to the condition in which the letters were substituted. However, no such effect was observed, with participants fixating the words for the same amount of time in both conditions. This was the case both when the transposition was made between the final and first letter of the two words (e.g. hop tan as a preview of hot pan; Experiment 1) and when the transposition maintained within word letter position (e.g. pit hop as a preview of hit pop; Experiment 2). The implications of these findings are considered in relation to serial and parallel lexical processing during reading.
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Cutter, Michael, George
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Drieghe, Denis
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Liversedge, Simon
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August 2017
Cutter, Michael, George
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Drieghe, Denis
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Liversedge, Simon
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Cutter, Michael, George, Drieghe, Denis and Liversedge, Simon
(2017)
Is orthographic information from multiple parafoveal words processed in parallel: an eye- tracking study.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, 43 (8), .
(doi:10.1037/xhp0000408).
Abstract
In the current study we investigated whether orthographic information available from one upcoming parafoveal word influences the processing of another parafoveal word. Across two experiments we used the boundary paradigm (Rayner, 1975) to present participants with an identity preview of the two words after the boundary (e.g. hot pan), a preview in which two letters were transposed between these words (e.g. hop tan), or a preview in which the same two letters were substituted (e.g. hob fan). We hypothesized that if these two words were processed in parallel in the parafovea then we may observe significant preview benefits for the condition in which the letters were transposed between words relative to the condition in which the letters were substituted. However, no such effect was observed, with participants fixating the words for the same amount of time in both conditions. This was the case both when the transposition was made between the final and first letter of the two words (e.g. hop tan as a preview of hot pan; Experiment 1) and when the transposition maintained within word letter position (e.g. pit hop as a preview of hit pop; Experiment 2). The implications of these findings are considered in relation to serial and parallel lexical processing during reading.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 January 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 April 2017
Published date: August 2017
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Cognition, Psychology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/406366
ISSN: 0096-1523
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