Eye Movement Control in Chinese Reading: A Cross-Sectional Study
- The present study explored the age-related changes of eye movement control in reading-that is, where to send the eyes and when to move them. Different orthographies present readers with somewhat different problems to solve, and this might, in turn, be reflected in different patterns of development of reading skill. Participants of different developmental levels (Grade 3, N = 30; Grade 5, N = 27 and adults, N = 27) were instructed to read sentences for comprehension while their eye movements were recorded. Contrary to previous findings that have been well documented indicating early maturation of saccade generation in English, current results showed that saccade generation among Chinese readers was still under development at Grade 5, although immediate lexical processing was relatively well-established. The distinct age-related changes in eye movements are attributable to certain linguistic properties of Chinese including the lack of interword spaces and word boundary uncertainty. The present study offers an example of how human eyeThe present study explored the age-related changes of eye movement control in reading-that is, where to send the eyes and when to move them. Different orthographies present readers with somewhat different problems to solve, and this might, in turn, be reflected in different patterns of development of reading skill. Participants of different developmental levels (Grade 3, N = 30; Grade 5, N = 27 and adults, N = 27) were instructed to read sentences for comprehension while their eye movements were recorded. Contrary to previous findings that have been well documented indicating early maturation of saccade generation in English, current results showed that saccade generation among Chinese readers was still under development at Grade 5, although immediate lexical processing was relatively well-established. The distinct age-related changes in eye movements are attributable to certain linguistic properties of Chinese including the lack of interword spaces and word boundary uncertainty. The present study offers an example of how human eye movement adapts to the orthographic environment.…
Verfasserangaben: | Ming YanORCiDGND, Jinger PanORCiD, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000819 |
ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
ISSN: | 1939-0599 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31535894 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Developmental psychology |
Verlag: | American Psychological Association |
Verlagsort: | Washington |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 07.06.2019 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 20.10.2020 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Chinese; development; eye movement; reading |
Band: | 55 |
Ausgabe: | 11 |
Seitenanzahl: | 11 |
Erste Seite: | 2275 |
Letzte Seite: | 2285 |
Fördernde Institution: | Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [KL 955/18]; Promoting Psychological Research in Community Grant of the Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong; Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong |
Organisationseinheiten: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Peer Review: | Referiert |