TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tsai, Jie-Li
A1  - Kliegl, Reinhold
A1  - Yan, Ming
T1  - Parafoveal semantic information extraction in traditional Chinese reading
JF  - Acta psychologica : international journal of psychonomics
N2  - Semantic information extraction from the parafovea has been reported only in simplified Chinese for a special subset of characters and its generalizability has been questioned. This study uses traditional Chinese, which differs from simplified Chinese in visual complexity and in mapping semantic forms, to demonstrate access to parafoveal semantic information during reading of this script. Preview duration modulates various types (identical, phonological, and unrelated) of parafoveal information extraction. Parafoveal semantic extraction is more elusive in English; therefore, we conclude that such effects in Chinese are presumably caused by substantial cross-language differences from alphabetic scripts. The property of Chinese characters carrying rich lexical information in a small region provides the possibility of semantic extraction in the parafovea.
KW  - Semantic preview benefit
KW  - Chinese reading
KW  - Eye movements
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.06.004
SN  - 0001-6918
SN  - 1873-6297
VL  - 141
IS  - 1
SP  - 17
EP  - 23
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -