Parafoveal Load of Word N+1 Modulates Preprocessing Effectiveness of Word N+2 in Chinese Reading

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1669-1676

  Yan, Ming ^a   Kliegl, Reinhold ^b   Shu, Hua ^c   Pan, Jinger ^c   Zhou, Xiaolin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese reading; Eye movements; Parafoveal on foveal effects; Preview benefit

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHINA; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; VISUAL FIELD;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; CHINA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 78650135624     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019329     Document Type: Article

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