The research described in this proposal is concerned with on-line word recognition processes during silent reading. In the proposal, a number of studies are described in which eye movement and electrophysiological data are collected as subjects read isolated words and words in sentence contexts. The goal of the proposal is to use the most temporally sensitive technologies available to examine the nature and timecourse of phonological representations in reading. The proposed experiments examine phonological representation at the segmental and supra-segmental levels, investigating the processes by which vowel, consonant, and syllable information is involved in word recognition. This research should be useful in understanding representational processes in general, reading development, skilled reading, and the relationship between foveal and parafoveal word recognition processes. ? ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD051700-02
Application #
7261918
Study Section
Language and Communication Study Section (LCOM)
Program Officer
Mccardle, Peggy D
Project Start
2006-08-01
Project End
2009-05-31
Budget Start
2007-06-01
Budget End
2008-05-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$187,295
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
153926712
City
Amherst
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
01003
Ashby, Jane; Yang, Jinmian; Evans, Kris H C et al. (2012) Eye movements and the perceptual span in silent and oral reading. Atten Percept Psychophys 74:634-40
Ashby, Jane (2010) Phonology is fundamental in skilled reading: evidence from ERPs. Psychon Bull Rev 17:95-100
Rayner, Keith; Clifton Jr, Charles (2009) Language processing in reading and speech perception is fast and incremental: implications for event-related potential research. Biol Psychol 80:4-9
Ashby, Jane; Sanders, Lisa D; Kingston, John (2009) Skilled readers begin processing sub-phonemic features by 80 ms during visual word recognition: evidence from ERPs. Biol Psychol 80:84-94
Ashby, Jane; Martin, Andrea E (2008) Prosodic phonological representations early in visual word recognition. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 34:224-36