Two stages of word processing during eye fixations in the reading of prose

doi:10.1016/S0022-5371(84)90382-7

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

Volume 23, Issue 5, October 1984, Pages 612-624

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Two experiments explored word processing during the reading of prose. Word frequency and predictability were manipulated to assess lexical access and context-dependent word interpretation. A mask moved in synchrony with the reader's eyes. The effects of this mask combined additively with word frequency and predictability in the first fixation duration data. However, when the sums of the individual fixations on a word were computed, there was a consistent tendency toward a mask × predictability interaction, while the mask again combined additively with word frequency. It is argued that the on-line processing of individual words becomes increasingly differentiated as postlexical processing becomes implicated.

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: This research was conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts. It was supported by National Institute of Child Health Grant HD 17246 and National Science Foundation Grant BNS 79-17600 (principal investigator, Keith Rayner).

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Two stages of word processing during eye fixations in the reading of prose

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Allocation of attention during visual word recognition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

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Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Semantic context effects in visual word recognition: An analysis of semantic strategies

Memory and Cognition

Interaction of visual and cognitive effects in word recognition

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Reading comprehension as eyes see it

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Inference processes during reading: Reflections from eye fixations