title: Reading proficiency modulates parafoveal processing efficiency: evidence from reading Chinese as a second language.
abstract: In the present study, we manipulated different types of information available in the parafovea during the reading of Chinese sentences and examined how native Korean readers who learned Chinese as a second language make use of the parafoveal information. Results clearly indicate that, only identical and orthographically similar previews facilitated processing of the target words when they were subsequently fixated. More critically, more parafoveal information was obtained by subjects with higher reading proficiency. These results suggest that, mainly low-level features of the parafoveal words are obtained by the non-native Chinese readers and less attentional resources are available for the readers with lower reading proficiency, thereby causing a reduction of the perceptual span.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Aiping
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: mingyan@uni-potsdam.de.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D001076:Aptitude / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D011932:Reading; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chinese; Korean readers; Parafoveal; Sentence reading