The effect of the frequencies of three consecutive content words on eye movements during reading
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Pollatsek, A. and Rayner, K.
Journal: Memory and Cognition
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Pages: 1283-1292
ISSN: 0090-502X
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193601
Abstract:The frequencies of three consecutive content words were simultaneously varied in the first sentence of a two-sentence passage. Various eye movement measures of first-pass processing (first-fixation duration, gaze duration, and go-past time) all revealed frequency effects for all three words. The size of the effect did not differ significantly across the three words on either first-fixation duration or gaze duration, but it increased markedly for go-past time from the first to the second word, possibly indicating an accumulation of the difficulty of processing. In addition, there was a delayed effect of the frequency manipulation: For the sentences with three low-frequency words, processing at the beginning of the next (second) sentence was lengthened. (The beginning of the second sentence was always at least four words from the last of the frequency-manipulated words.) These findings indicate that word frequency has effects beyond initial lexical access in reading. A list of the experimental items and supplemental analyses may be downloaded from www.psychonomic.org/ archive. Copyright 2007 Psychonomic Society, Inc.
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The effect of the frequencies of three consecutive content words on eye movements during reading.
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Pollatsek, A. and Rayner, K.
Journal: Mem Cognit
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Pages: 1283-1292
ISSN: 0090-502X
DOI: 10.3758/bf03193601
Abstract:The frequencies of three consecutive content words were simultaneously varied in the first sentence of a two-sentence passage. Various eye movement measures of first-pass processing (first-fixation duration, gaze duration, and go-past time) all revealed frequency effects for all three words. The size of the effect did not differ significantly across the three words on either first-fixation duration or gaze duration, but it increased markedly for go-past time from the first to the second word, possibly indicating an accumulation of the difficulty of processing. In addition, there was a delayed effect of the frequency manipulation: For the sentences with three low-frequency words, processing at the beginning of the next (second) sentence was lengthened. (The beginning of the second sentence was always at least four words from the last of the frequency-manipulated words.) These findings indicate that word frequency has effects beyond initial lexical access in reading. A list of the experimental items and supplemental analyses may be downloaded from www.psychonomic.org/archive.
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The effect of the frequencies of three consecutive content words on eye movements during reading
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Pollatsek, A. and Rayner, K.
Journal: MEMORY & COGNITION
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Pages: 1283-1292
eISSN: 1532-5946
ISSN: 0090-502X
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193601
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The effect of the frequencies of three consecutive content words on eye movements during reading
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Pollatsek, A. and Rayner, K.
Journal: Memory & cognition
Volume: 35
Pages: 1283-1292
Publisher: Springer
Source: Manual
The effect of the frequencies of three consecutive content words on eye movements during reading.
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Pollatsek, A. and Rayner, K.
Journal: Memory & cognition
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Pages: 1283-1292
eISSN: 1532-5946
ISSN: 0090-502X
DOI: 10.3758/bf03193601
Abstract:The frequencies of three consecutive content words were simultaneously varied in the first sentence of a two-sentence passage. Various eye movement measures of first-pass processing (first-fixation duration, gaze duration, and go-past time) all revealed frequency effects for all three words. The size of the effect did not differ significantly across the three words on either first-fixation duration or gaze duration, but it increased markedly for go-past time from the first to the second word, possibly indicating an accumulation of the difficulty of processing. In addition, there was a delayed effect of the frequency manipulation: For the sentences with three low-frequency words, processing at the beginning of the next (second) sentence was lengthened. (The beginning of the second sentence was always at least four words from the last of the frequency-manipulated words.) These findings indicate that word frequency has effects beyond initial lexical access in reading. A list of the experimental items and supplemental analyses may be downloaded from www.psychonomic.org/archive.
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