Saccadic Targeting Based on Character and Word in Chinese Reading: Evidences from Disappearing Text

Abstract

Abstract: In present study, we investigated both saccades generating refixations and saccades across two adjacent words with two disappearing text experiments. Both experiments contained three disappearing conditions(two-character disappearing condition and one word disappearing condition)and a control. The aim of Experiment 1 was to investigate refixations saccades and the aim of Experiment 2 was to investigate across words saccades. Character disappearing manipulations influence on probability of words been refixated equally to word n disappearing manipulation in Experiment 1, which indicated that saccade of refixations was based on fixated word. However, word n+1 disappearing manipulation influenced skip probability and the number of saccades across adjacent words more seriously than character disappearing manipulations in Experiment 2, which indicated that targeting of saccades between two adjacent words was based on character. In this article, we further discussed the role of character-word procession in saccades targeting.

Key words: Chinese reading, saccades, disappearing text, eye movements.

摘要： 采用两项消失文本实验考察中文阅读中眼跳选择目标的策略问题。实验一操控注视词（词n）上不同位置汉字的呈现与消失情况,结果发现无论单字消失条件（注视字消失、非注视字消失）还是单词消失条件,三种消失条件对再注视概率的影响程度相同,说明词内再注视眼跳选择目标的基本依据单元是整个视觉词汇。实验二操控词n+1处汉字的呈现与消失情况,结果发现只有词n+1消失条件的跳读概率大于控制条件,词n+1消失条件下的相邻词间眼跳数量小于控制条件,词n+1内单个汉字的消失（字n+1消失和字n+2消失）条件都不影响跳读概率和相邻词间眼跳数量,说明相邻词间眼跳选择目标的基本依据单元是汉字。文章进一步讨论了字词加工在眼跳目标选择环节中的作用。

关键词: 中文阅读, 眼跳, 消失文本, 眼动。

Liu Zhifang, Wang Ruoyi, Zhang Zhijun, Liu Wei. Saccadic Targeting Based on Character and Word in Chinese Reading: Evidences from Disappearing Text[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(1): 27-35.

刘志方王若逸，张智君，刘炜. 中文阅读中基于字、词的眼跳目标选择策略：来自消失文本方面的证据^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(1): 27-35.

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