Processing of compound-word characters in reading Chinese: An eye-movement-contingent display change study

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-547

  Cui, Lei ^a,b   Yan, Guoli ^a,b   Bai, Xuejun ^a,b   Hyönä, Jukka ^c   Wang, Suiping ^d   Liversedge, Simon P ^e  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Compound words; Display change; Eye movements; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; READING; RETINA FOVEA; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; READING; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84875283305     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.667423     Document Type: Article

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