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- Title
Effects of syntactic context on eye movements during reading.
- Authors
Huestegge, Lynn; Bocianski, Diana
- Abstract
Previous research has demonstrated that properties of a currently fixated word and of adjacent words influence eye movement control in reading. In contrast to such local effects, little is known about global effects on eye movement control, for example global adjustments caused by processing difficulty of previous sentences. In the present study, participants read text passages in which voice (active vs. passive) and sentence structure (embedded vs. non-embedded) were manipulated. These passages were followed by identical target sentences. The results revealed effects of previous sentence structure on gaze durations in the target sentence, implying that syntactic properties of previously read sentences may lead to a global adjustment of eye movement control.
- Subjects
REGULATION of eye movements; COGNITIVE psychology; COGNITIVE psychology research; READING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE Levels Test; VOCABULARY; COGNITIVE learning; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 2010, Vol 6, p79
- ISSN
1895-1171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2478/v10053-008-0078-0