TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pan, Jinger
A1  - Shu, Hua
A1  - Wang, Yuling
A1  - Yan, Ming
T1  - Parafoveal activation of sign translation previews among deaf readers during the reading of Chinese sentences
JF  - Memory & cognition
N2  - In the present study, we manipulated the different types of information available in the parafovea during the reading of Chinese sentences and examined whether deaf readers could activate sign translations of Chinese words during reading. The main finding was that, as compared to unrelated previews, the deaf readers had longer fixation durations on the target words when sign-phonologically related preview words were presented; this preview cost effect due to sign-phonological relatedness was absent for reading-level-matched hearing individuals. These results indicate that Chinese deaf readers activate sign language translations of parafoveal words during reading. We discuss the implications for notions of parafoveal processing in reading.
KW  - Sign language
KW  - Parafoveal
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Deaf readers
KW  - Sentence reading
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0511-9
SN  - 0090-502X
SN  - 1532-5946
VL  - 43
IS  - 6
SP  - 964
EP  - 972
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -