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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.01.003

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The Predominant Role of Preview Plausibility on Semantic Preview Benefit of Two-Character Words in Chinese Reading: An Eye Movement Study

  • Lijuan ZHANG ,
  • Fengjun ZHANG ,
  • Sainan ZHAO ,
  • Jingxin WANG
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  • 1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387
    2. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387
    3. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387

Received date: 2022-06-12

  Online published: 2023-03-23

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Abstract

Semantic preview benefit (SPB) is of great significance in revealing whether readers can extract high-level information from the parafovea during reading. The underlying mechanism of SPB in reading research is still controversial. This study aimed to investigate the effects of preview plausibility and semantic relatedness between the preview and target words on the SPB of Chinese two-character words. We observed a significant main effect of the preview plausibility. The fixation durations of the target word were significantly shorter in the plausible preview condition than in the implausible preview condition. The main effect of semantic relatedness was not significant, and there was no interaction effect between the two variables. These findings support the contextual fit account and further demonstrate the predominant role of preview plausibility on SPB in Chinese reading.

Key words： semantic preview benefit; plausibility; Chinese reading; eye movement

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Lijuan ZHANG , Fengjun ZHANG , Sainan ZHAO , Jingxin WANG . The Predominant Role of Preview Plausibility on Semantic Preview Benefit of Two-Character Words in Chinese Reading: An Eye Movement Study[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023 , 21(1) : 12 -19 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.01.003

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