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| Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2002): |
Eye movements and processing stages in reading: relative contribution of visual, lexical, and contextual factors.
Full Abstract
The independent and the combined influence of word length, word frequency, and contextual predictability on eye movements in reading was examined across processing stages under two priming-context conditions. Length, frequency, and predictability were used as predictors in multiple regression analyses, with parafoveal, early, late, and spillover eye movement measures as the dependent variables. There were specific effects of:
(a) length, both on where to look (how likely a word was fixated and in which location) and how long to fixate, across all processing stages; (b) frequency, on how long to fixate a word, but not on where to look, at an early processing stage; and (c) predictability, both on how likely a word was fixated and for how long, in late processing stages. The source of influence for predictability was related to global rather than to local contextual priming. The contribution of word length was independent of contextual source. These results are relevant to determine both the time course of the influence of visual, lexical, and contextual factors on eye movements in reading, and which main component of eye movements, that is, location or duration, is affected.
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Author information
Author/s: Calvo, Manuel G (MG); Meseguer, Enrique (E);
Affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Cognitiva, Universidad de La Laguna, 38205 La Laguna, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. mgcalvo(-atsign-)ull.es
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: The Spanish journal of psychology (Span J Psychol), published in Spain. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-May; vol 5 (issue 1) : pp 66-77
Dates: Created 2002/05/23; Completed 2002/11/19; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12025367, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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