Parafoveal preview benefit in unspaced and spaced Chinese reading
Parafoveal preview benefit in unspaced and spaced Chinese reading
In an eye movement experiment during reading, we compared parafoveal preview benefit during the reading of Chinese sentences either in the familiar, unspaced format or with spaces inserted between the words. Single-character words or the first of a two-character word were either presented normally or were replaced by a pseudocharacter in the preview. Results indicate that word spacing increased the parafoveal preview benefit but only for the one-character target words. We hypothesized that the incorrect preview of the first character of the two-character word prevented parafoveal processing of the ensuing character(s), effectively nullifying any benefits from the spacing. Our results suggest that word boundary demarcation allows for more precise focusing of attention.
eye movements, reading, parafoveal processing, chinese reading
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Cui, Lei
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Drieghe, Denis
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Bai, Xuejun
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Yan, Guoli
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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1 November 2014
Cui, Lei
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Drieghe, Denis
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Bai, Xuejun
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Yan, Guoli
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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Cui, Lei, Drieghe, Denis, Bai, Xuejun, Yan, Guoli and Liversedge, Simon P.
(2014)
Parafoveal preview benefit in unspaced and spaced Chinese reading.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67 (11), .
(doi:10.1080/17470218.2014.909858).
(PMID:24678729)
Abstract
In an eye movement experiment during reading, we compared parafoveal preview benefit during the reading of Chinese sentences either in the familiar, unspaced format or with spaces inserted between the words. Single-character words or the first of a two-character word were either presented normally or were replaced by a pseudocharacter in the preview. Results indicate that word spacing increased the parafoveal preview benefit but only for the one-character target words. We hypothesized that the incorrect preview of the first character of the two-character word prevented parafoveal processing of the ensuing character(s), effectively nullifying any benefits from the spacing. Our results suggest that word boundary demarcation allows for more precise focusing of attention.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 1 November 2014
Published date: 1 November 2014
Keywords:
eye movements, reading, parafoveal processing, chinese reading
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/363353
ISSN: 1747-0218
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Lei Cui
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Xuejun Bai
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Guoli Yan
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Simon P. Liversedge
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