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Abstract
(Work in progress)
Efficient word processing requires rapid activation of phonological and semantical codes, assumed to be achieved by developing automaticity at the word-level. Researchers have by this definition predominantly conceptualized automaticity as a component of speed, facilitating the rate at which individual words could be recognized. By this definition it overlooks an important factor, single word reading is typically investigated using isolated words, but in realistic settings words appear in sentences. While effects of adjacent words in sentence reading are assumed to be beneficial due to preview benefit, it may be at a cost of processing the foveated word. Is interference simply due to the presence of visual stimulation, or is it modulated by phonological and/or lexical processing demands posed by flanking items?
To examine potential interference from adjacent words, presumably as a function of word reading automaticity, we will use an experimental design consisting of a masked and flanked presentation of words in a visual world paradigm.
About the speaker
Dzan is a doctoral student at University of Oslo, department of special needs education. He is working on the project “BetterReading: Understanding gains in reading fluency”. He is interested in understanding the development and cognitive mechanisms of reading fluency.