Parafoveal word perception: A case against semantic preprocessing |
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Authors: | Albrecht Werner Inhoff Keith Rayner |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Abstract: | The present experiment investigated semantic information extraction in parafoveal word perception. An ambiguous word (bank) was presented in foveal vision, and simultaneously a disambiguating word (water, money) was presented in the parafovea. Subjects were required to make a forced choice between two phrases, and the task was constructed so that a correct choice could be made if semantic information about both the foveal and parafoveal word had been obtained. However, the results indicated that the forced-choice results could be explained by two factors: identification of the parafoveal word and correct guessing. Hence, it was concluded that those models of reading which rely on unconscious semantic preprocessing of parafoveal words were not supported. |
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