The research described in this proposal is concerned with on-line language comprehension processing during reading. In the proposal, a number of studies are outlined in which eye movement data are collected as subjects read sentences and text. The goal of the proposal is to continue the empirical and theoretical work on language processing that has been done in our laboratory over the last twenty years of this project. The proposed experiments deal with (1) the effects of predictability (of linguistic form and of informativity) on processing a word in context, (2) theories of sentence reanalysis, and (3) the extent to which syntactic analysis and semantic interpretation is immediate. The theoretical implications of the work for a theory of reading and on-line language processing will be developed. The research should be useful in further understanding the process of skilled reading and also help to reveal the relationship between skilled and poor reading.
| Rayner, Keith; Schotter, Elizabeth R; Drieghe, Denis (2014) Lack of semantic parafoveal preview benefit in reading revisited. Psychon Bull Rev 21:1067-72 |
| Traxler, Matrrew J; Frazier, Lyn (2008) The role of pragmatic principles in resolving attachment ambiguities: evidence from eye movements. Mem Cognit 36:314-28 |
| Frisson, Steven; Niswander-Klement, Elizabeth; Pollatsek, Alexander (2008) The role of semantic transparency in the processing of English compound words. Br J Psychol 99:87-107 |
| Warren, Tessa; McConnell, Kerry; Rayner, Keith (2008) Effects of context on eye movements when reading about possible and impossible events. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 34:1001-10 |
| Paterson, Kevin B; Liversedge, Simon P; Filik, Ruth et al. (2007) Focus identification during sentence comprehension: evidence from eye movements. Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester) 60:1423-45 |
| Rayner, Keith; Cook, Anne E; Juhasz, Barbara J et al. (2006) Immediate disambiguation of lexically ambiguous words during reading: evidence from eye movements. Br J Psychol 97:467-82 |
| Frazier, Lyn; Carminati, Maria Nella; Cook, Anne E et al. (2006) Semantic evaluation of syntactic structure: evidence from eye movements. Cognition 99:B53-62 |
| Pollatsek, Alexander; Reichle, Erik D; Rayner, Keith (2006) Tests of the E-Z Reader model: exploring the interface between cognition and eye-movement control. Cogn Psychol 52:1-56 |
| Niswander-Klement, Elizabeth; Pollatsek, Alexander (2006) The effects of root frequency, word frequency, and length on the processing of prefixed English words during reading. Mem Cognit 34:685-702 |
| Dahlstrom-Hakki, Ibrahim; Pollatsek, Alexander (2006) Limits on integrating motion information across saccades. Percept Psychophys 68:43-53 |
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