Differences in Contextual Information Utilization Between Fast and Slow Readers: The Role of Processing Depth

  • TONG Wen ,
  • YU Xue ,
  • LIU Zhifang ,
  • ZHU Xingyu ,
  • QI Qi
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  • 1. College of Educational Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031;
    2. College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121;
    3. School of Psychology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158

Received date: 2021-08-15

  Online published: 2022-07-20

Abstract

This study examined the source of predictability effect differences between fast and slow readers and the role of processing depth in two tasks (i.e., topic scanning and reading comprehension) with different processing depths. Participants read 96 sentence frames embedded with high and low predictive target words in two task situations while their eye movements were recorded by an eye tracker. The results showed that the predictability effect only appeared in reading comprehension task, with fast readers showing predictive effect in the early stage while slow readers showing predictive effect in the later stage. The results suggest that processing depth moderates the predictability effect of fast and slow readers. In addition, during natural reading, the predictability effect of fast and slow readers conforms to the predictive coding framework hypothesis.

Cite this article

TONG Wen , YU Xue , LIU Zhifang , ZHU Xingyu , QI Qi . Differences in Contextual Information Utilization Between Fast and Slow Readers: The Role of Processing Depth[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022 , 20(4) : 450 -456 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.04.003

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