Perspective Effects on Online Text Processing.

The effect of a reading perspective on online text processing was studied by recording readers' eye movements during reading. Participants read an expository text about 4 countries with the goal of deciding whether one of the countries, designated by the experimenter as the reading perspective, woul...

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Publicado en:Discourse Processes Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 159 - 174
Autores principales: Kaakinen, Johanna K., Hyona, Jukka, Keenan, Janice M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2002
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Sumario:The effect of a reading perspective on online text processing was studied by recording readers' eye movements during reading. Participants read an expository text about 4 countries with the goal of deciding whether one of the countries, designated by the experimenter as the reading perspective, would be a good new place of residence. The results showed better memory for perspective-relevant information and longer fixation times on perspective-relevant information. Individual differences in working memory were assessed with the reading span test. Results showed that the time course of the perspective effect varied with memory span: High-span readers showed a perspective relevance effect on initial reading of the target segments, whereas low-span readers showed the effect only in the later look backs.