Parafoveal activation of sign translation previews among deaf readers during the reading of Chinese sentences
- 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.
| Author details: | Jinger PanORCiD, Hua Shu, Yuling Wang, Ming YanORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0511-9 |
| ISSN: | 0090-502X |
| ISSN: | 1532-5946 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25707914 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Memory & cognition |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publishing: | New York |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2015 |
| Publication year: | 2015 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
| Tag: | Chinese; Deaf readers; Parafoveal; Sentence reading; Sign language |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Number of pages: | 9 |
| First page: | 964 |
| Last Page: | 972 |
| Funding institution: | DFG [LA2884/2-1, KL955/18] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
