Abstract
There is controversy concerning the question of whether meaning can be extracted from a parafoveal word during reading and whether this might occur in an overlapping fashion with the lexical processing of the currently-fixated word. We suggest that previous attempts to investigate this have been bedevilled by problems associated with the use of priming methodology. Instead, we used an eye movement contingent change technique and manipulated the plausibility of the parafoveal preview, resulting in it being either valid, a plausible alternative, anomalous, or an illegal letter string. The results showed (a) a meaning-based parafoveal-on-foveal effect, (b) preview benefits driven by both orthographic and semantic influences, and (c) continuing disruption associated with orthographically dissimilar previews. We suggest that this pattern is most consistent with models of eye movement control that allow for distributed attention during reading.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 35th annual meeting of the Cognitivie Science Society (CogSci 2013) |
Subtitle of host publication | cooperative minds: social ineraction and group dynamics |
Editors | Markus Knauff, Natalie Sebanz, Michael Pauen, Ipke Wachsmuth |
Place of Publication | Austin, TX |
Publisher | Cognitive Science Society |
Pages | 3723-3728 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781629930817 |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: Cooperative minds: social interaction and group dynamics - Berlin, Germany Duration: 31 Jul 2013 → 3 Aug 2013 Conference number: 35th https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/past-conferences/ |
Conference
Conference | 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society |
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Abbreviated title | CogSci 2013 |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Berlin |
Period | 31/07/13 → 3/08/13 |
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Keywords
- Eye movements
- Preview benefit
- Plauibility
- Parafoveal-on-foveal effects
- Boundary technique
- Reading