Readers extract character frequency information from nonfixated-target word at long pretarget fixations during Chinese reading.

ABSTRACT: We performed 2 eye movement studies to explore whether readers can extract character or word frequency information from nonfixated-target words in Chinese reading. In Experiments 1A and 1B, we manipulated the character frequency of the first character in a 2-character target word and the word frequency of a 2-character target word, respectively. We found that fixation durations on the pretarget words were shorter when the first character of a 2-character target word was presented with high frequency. Such effects were not observed for word frequency manipulations of a 2-character target word. In particular, further analysis revealed that such effects only occurred for long pretarget fixations. These results for character and word frequency manipulations were replicated in a within-subjects

SUBMITTER: Ma G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767270 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature