Foveal processing and word skipping during reading
Foveal processing and word skipping during reading
An eyetracking experiment is reported examining the assumption that a word is skipped during sentence reading because parafoveal processing during preceding fixations has reached an advanced level in recognizing that word. Word n was presented with reduced contrast, with case alternation, or normally. Reingold and Rayner (2006) reported that, in comparison to the normal condition, reduced contrast increased viewing times on word n but not on word n+ 1, whereas case alternation increased viewing times on both words. These patterns were reflected in the fixation times of the present experiment, but a striking dissociation was observed in the skipping of word n+ 1: The reduced contrast of word n decreased skipping of word n+ 1, whereas case alternation did not. Apart from the amount of parafoveal processing, the decision to skip word n+ 1 is also influenced by the ease of processing word n: Difficulties in processing word n lead to a more conservative strategy in the decision to skip word n+ 1.
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Drieghe, Denis
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August 2008
Drieghe, Denis
dfe41922-1cea-47f4-904b-26d5c9fe85ce
Drieghe, Denis
(2008)
Foveal processing and word skipping during reading.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15 (4), .
(doi:10.3758/PBR.15.4.856).
Abstract
An eyetracking experiment is reported examining the assumption that a word is skipped during sentence reading because parafoveal processing during preceding fixations has reached an advanced level in recognizing that word. Word n was presented with reduced contrast, with case alternation, or normally. Reingold and Rayner (2006) reported that, in comparison to the normal condition, reduced contrast increased viewing times on word n but not on word n+ 1, whereas case alternation increased viewing times on both words. These patterns were reflected in the fixation times of the present experiment, but a striking dissociation was observed in the skipping of word n+ 1: The reduced contrast of word n decreased skipping of word n+ 1, whereas case alternation did not. Apart from the amount of parafoveal processing, the decision to skip word n+ 1 is also influenced by the ease of processing word n: Difficulties in processing word n lead to a more conservative strategy in the decision to skip word n+ 1.
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