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Contextual constraint and preview time modulate the semantic preview effect
- Word recognition in sentence reading is influenced by information from both preview and context. Recently, semantic preview effect (SPE) was observed being modulated by the constraint of context, indicating that context might accelerate the processing of semantically related preview words. Besides, SPE was found to depend on preview time, which suggests that SPE may change with different processing stages of preview words. Therefore, it raises the question of whether preview time-dependent SPE would be modulated by contextual constraint. In this study, we not only investigated the impact of contextual constraint on SPE in Chinese reading but also examined its dependency on preview time. The preview word and the target word were identical, semantically related or unrelated to the target word. The results showed a significant three-way interaction: The SPE depended on contextual constraint and preview time. In separate analyses for low and high contextual constraint of target words, the SPE significantly decreased with an increase inWord recognition in sentence reading is influenced by information from both preview and context. Recently, semantic preview effect (SPE) was observed being modulated by the constraint of context, indicating that context might accelerate the processing of semantically related preview words. Besides, SPE was found to depend on preview time, which suggests that SPE may change with different processing stages of preview words. Therefore, it raises the question of whether preview time-dependent SPE would be modulated by contextual constraint. In this study, we not only investigated the impact of contextual constraint on SPE in Chinese reading but also examined its dependency on preview time. The preview word and the target word were identical, semantically related or unrelated to the target word. The results showed a significant three-way interaction: The SPE depended on contextual constraint and preview time. In separate analyses for low and high contextual constraint of target words, the SPE significantly decreased with an increase in preview duration when the target word was of low constraint in the sentence. The effect was numerically in the same direction but weaker and statistically nonsignificant when the target word was highly constrained in the sentence. The results indicate that word processing in sentences is a dynamic process of integrating information from both preview (bottom-up) and context (top-down).…
| Author details: | Nan Li, Suiping Wang, Luxi Mo, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1310914 |
| ISSN: | 1747-0218 |
| ISSN: | 1747-0226 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28332924 |
| Title of parent work (English): | The quarterly journal of experimental psychology |
| Subtitle (English): | evidence from Chinese sentence reading |
| Publisher: | Sage Publ. |
| Place of publishing: | London |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2018/01/01 |
| Publication year: | 2018 |
| Release date: | 2022/04/07 |
| Tag: | Semantic preview benefit; contextual constraint; reading; word process |
| Volume: | 71 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Number of pages: | 9 |
| First page: | 241 |
| Last Page: | 249 |
| Funding institution: | National Social Science Foundation of China [15AZD048]; National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2014A030311016]; Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [31700992] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Bronze Open-Access |
