Eye Movements and the Use of Parafoveal Word Length Information in Reading

Autor/inn/en	Juhasz, Barbara J.; White, Sarah J.; Liversedge, Simon P.; Rayner, Keith
Titel	Eye Movements and the Use of Parafoveal Word Length Information in Reading
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34 (2008) 6, S.1560-1579 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Eye Movements; Experiments; Reading Processes; Visual Perception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Augenbewegung; Erprobung; Leseprozess; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Eye movements were monitored in 4 experiments that explored the role of parafoveal word length in reading. The experiments employed a type of compound word where the deletion of a letter results in 2 short words (e.g., backhand, back and). The boundary technique (K. Rayner, 1975) was employed to manipulate word length information in the parafovea. Accuracy of the parafoveal word length preview significantly affected landing positions and fixation durations. This disruption was larger for 2-word targets, but the results demonstrated that this interaction was not due to the morphological status of the target words. Manipulation of sentence context also demonstrated that parafoveal word length information can be used in combination with sentence context to narrow down lexical candidates. The 4 experiments converge in demonstrating that an important role of parafoveal word length information is to direct the eyes to the center of the parafoveal word. (As Provided).
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