Studies of Psychology and Behavior

Studies of Psychology and Behavior ›› 2014, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (6): 763-768.

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An Aging Study on the Perceptual Span in Reading Chinese：Evidence from Eye Movements

Wang Lihong1, 2, Bai Xuejun2, Yan Guoli2   

  1. 1 College of Foreign Language, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
    2 Academy of Psychology and Behavior,Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300074
  • Received:2014-09-06 Online:2015-01-08 Published:2014-11-20

汉语阅读知觉广度的老化：一项眼动研究*

王丽红1, 2, 白学军2, 闫国利2   

  1. 1 天津师范大学外国语学院,天津 300387;
    2 天津师范大学心理与行为研究院,天津 300074
  • 通讯作者: 白学军,男,天津师范大学心理与行为研究院教授,博士生导师。E-mail: bxuejun@126.com。
  • 作者简介:王丽红,女,天津师范大学外国语学院讲师,心理学博士。
  • 基金资助:
    本研究得到天津市高等学校人文社会科学研究项目（20112534）资助

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Abstract: The perceptual span is one of the basic topics in reading research, which is the area of effective vision from which useful information can be obtained during a fixation in reading.The present experiment was conducted to explore the size of the perceptual span in older adults during the sentence reading by using the eye movement contingent display change technique. Sixteen older adults and sixteen young adults with normal or corrected-to-normal vision participated in this research. The results were as followings：1)The perceptual span of older adults in reading Chinese is also asymmetric. 2)The perceptual span of older adults in reading Chinese is extended from fixated character to two characters or three characters to its right on condition that the presentation unit is character. 3)Older adults has smaller perceptual span in Chinese reading than younger adults.

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Key words: perpetual span in reading, older adults, eye movements.

摘要： 采用眼动追踪技术中的呈现随眼动变化范式,对16名老年人和16名青年人的汉语阅读知觉广度进行探测。结果发现：（1）老年人汉语阅读知觉广度具有不对称性;（2）在以汉字为呈现单元的条件下,老年人知觉广度范围为注视汉字及注视汉字右侧2-3个汉字;（3）和青年人相比,老年人的阅读知觉广度范围更小。

关键词: 阅读知觉广度, 老年人, 眼动

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