title: Comprehension demands modulate re-reading, but not first pass reading behavior.
abstract: Several studies have examined effects of explicit task demands on eye movements in reading. However, there is relatively little prior research investigating the influence of implicit processing demands. In the present study, processing demands were manipulated by means of a between-subject manipulation of comprehension question difficulty. Consistent with previous results from Wotschack and Kliegl (2013), the question difficulty manipulation influenced the probability of regressing from late in sentences and re-reading earlier regions; readers who expected difficult comprehension questions were more likely to re-read. However, this manipulation had no reliable influence on eye movements during first pass reading of earlier sentence regions. Moreover, for the subset of sentences that contained a plausibility manipulation, the disruption induced by implausibility was not modulated by the question manipulation. We interpret these results as suggesting that comprehension demands influence reading behavior primarily by modulating a criterion for comprehension that readers apply after completing first-pass processing.
authors.affiliation: a Department of German Linguistics , Philipps University of Marburg , Pilgrimstein 16, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna Fiona
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: b Department of German Language and Literature I , University of Cologne , Albertus Magnus Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany , Franziska.kretzschmar@uni-koeln.de.
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kretzschmar
authors.affiliation: c School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy , University of South Australia , Magill Campus H2-36, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia , Matthias.Schlesewsky@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlesewsky
authors.affiliation: d School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy , University of South Australia , Magill Campus H2-36, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia , Ina.Bornkessel-Schlesewsky@unisa.edu.au.
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
authors.affiliation: e Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Massachusetts , 430 Tobin Hall, 152 Hicks Way, Amherst , MA , 01003 , United States , astaub@umass.edu.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Staub
keywords: Reading strategy; eye movements; regressions; semantic processing; syntactic processing