Readiness for pronunciation during the reading process

The task proposed to the S consisted of reading a series of three numbers projected on a screen. Depending on the series presented, the number projected at the center (test) required one or more syllables to be pronounced. The results show that the more syllables it takes to pronounce it, the longer the eye fixation on that number lasts. This suggests that a mechanism of readiness for pronunciation co-occurs with visual processing.