Parafoveal processing in reading: Manipulating n + 1 and n + 2 previews simultaneously.
The boundary paradigm (Rayner, 1975) with a novel preview manipulation was used to examine the extent of parafoveal processing of words to the right of fixation. Words n + 1 and n + 2 had either correct or incorrect previews prior to fixation (prior to crossing the boundary location). In addition, the manipulation utilized either a high or low frequency word in word n + 1 location on the assumption that it would be more likely that n + 2 preview effects could be obtained when word n + 1 was high frequency. The primary findings were that there was no evidence for a preview benefit for word n + 2 and no evidence for parafoveal-on-foveal effects when word n + 1 is at least four letters long. We discuss implications for models of eye-movement control in reading.
Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Bernhard
B
Angele
Timothy J
TJ
Slattery
Jinmian
J
Yang
Reinhold
R
Kliegl
Keith
K
Rayner