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Abstract
It has been hypothesized that the processing difficulty of the fixated word (i.e., "foveal load") modulates the amount of parafoveal preprocessing of the next word. Evidence for the hypothesis has been provided by the application of parafoveal masks within the boundary paradigm. Other studies that applied alternative means of manipulating the parafoveal preview (i.e., visual degradation) could not replicate the effect of foveal load. The present study examined the effect of foveal load by directly comparing the application of parafoveal masks (Exp. 1) with the alternative manipulation of visually degrading the parafoveal preview (Exp. 2) in adult readers. Contrary to expectation, we did not find the foveal-load interaction in the first experiment with traditional letter masks. We did, however, find the expected interaction in the second experiment with visually degraded previews. Both experiments revealed a spillover effect indicating that the processing of a word is not (always) fully completed when the reader already fixates the next word (i.e., processing "spills over" to the next word). The implications for models of eye-movement control in reading are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1442-1453 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Attention, Perception & Psychophysics |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 4 Mar 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- Reading
- Eye movements
- Word frequency
Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012
- 107 Other Natural Sciences
- 501 Psychology
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Fortgeschrittene Perimetrie zur Evaluierung der Neuroplastizität im visuellen Kortex
Hawelka, S. (Principal Investigator) & Hutzler, F. (Co-Investigator)
1/08/18 → 1/06/23
Project: Research