A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Perspective effects on online text processing
Authors: Kaakinen JK, Hyona J, Keenan JM
Publisher: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC
Publication year: 2002
Journal: Discourse Processes
Journal name in source: DISCOURSE PROCESSES
Journal acronym: DISCOURSE PROCESS
Volume: 33
Issue: 2
First page : 159
Last page: 173
Number of pages: 15
ISSN: 0163-853X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326950DP3302_03
Abstract
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.
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.
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