Reading Text Under Normal and Disappearing Presentation Conditions

心理与行为研究 ›› 2004, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (3): 505-512.

Reading Text Under Normal and Disappearing Presentation Conditions

Simon P. Liversedge

Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

收稿日期:2004-08-09 出版日期:2004-09-20 发布日期:2015-01-21

Reading Text Under Normal and Disappearing Presentation Conditions

Simon P. Liversedge

Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

Received:2004-08-09 Online:2004-09-20 Published:2015-01-21
Contact: Simon P. Liversedge, Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK. Electronic mail may be sent to s.p.liversedge@durham.ac.uk.

摘要/Abstract

摘要： In this article I discuss data from a series of experiments in which readers' eye movements were recorded as they processed sentences in which each word disappeared or was masked 60ms after fixation onset. We used this paradigm to investigate whether we could induce a gap effect during reading, and how visual and linguistic factors affected eye movements under these conditions. The data showed that no gap effect occurred in our experiment. Overall reading times were the same under normal and disappearing presentation conditions. However, readers did adopt a strategy of making fewer but longer fixations when the text disappeared than when it did not. Additionally, clear frequency effects occurred regardless of whether the text was presented normally or disappeared. This finding indicates that while the visual uptake of information is important, cognitive processes associated with the lexical identification of words are a primary influence on when readers move their eyes during reading. The findings are taken to support the E-Z Reader model of eye movement control.

关键词: eye movements, disappearing text, reading

Abstract: In this article I discuss data from a series of experiments in which readers' eye movements were recorded as they processed sentences in which each word disappeared or was masked 60ms after fixation onset. We used this paradigm to investigate whether we could induce a gap effect during reading, and how visual and linguistic factors affected eye movements under these conditions. The data showed that no gap effect occurred in our experiment. Overall reading times were the same under normal and disappearing presentation conditions. However, readers did adopt a strategy of making fewer but longer fixations when the text disappeared than when it did not. Additionally, clear frequency effects occurred regardless of whether the text was presented normally or disappeared. This finding indicates that while the visual uptake of information is important, cognitive processes associated with the lexical identification of words are a primary influence on when readers move their eyes during reading. The findings are taken to support the E-Z Reader model of eye movement control.

Key words: eye movements, disappearing text, reading

Simon P. Liversedge. Reading Text Under Normal and Disappearing Presentation Conditions[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2004, 2(3): 505-512.

Simon P. Liversedge. Reading Text Under Normal and Disappearing Presentation Conditions[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2004, 2(3): 505-512.

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