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. ? ? ?
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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; Martin, Andrea E (2008) Prosodic phonological representations early in visual word recognition. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 34:224-36 |
