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[ Journal Article ]
Parafoveal load of word N+1 modulates preprocessing effectiveness of word N+2 in Chinese reading.
Yan, Ming; Kliegl, Reinhold; Shu, Hua; Pan, Jinger; Zhou, Xiaolin
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol 36(6), Dec 2010, 1669-1676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019329

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  1. Preview benefits (PBs) from two words to the right of the fixated one (i.e., word N + 2) and associated parafoveal-on-foveal effects are critical for proposals of distributed lexical processing during reading. This experiment examined parafoveal processing during reading of Chinese sentences, using a boundary manipulation of N + 2-word preview with low- and high-frequency words N + 1. The main findings were (a) an identity PB for word N + 2 that was (b) primarily observed when word N + 1 was of high frequency (i.e., an interaction between frequency of word N + 1 and PB for word N + 2), and (c) a parafoveal-on-foveal frequency effect of word N + 1 for fixation durations on word N. We discuss implications for theories of serial attention shifts and parallel distributed processing of words during reading. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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