5- Eye Movement Findings of Word Recognition Flashcards
What is the word frequency effect?
The more often you see a word, the easier it will be recognised
What words will be read quicker?
High frequency words
What is the difference in reading speeds between different word frequencies in the lexical decision task?
Up to 300ms difference
How much difference in reading speeds between different word frequencies?
67ms
What was the purpose of the Corpus?
Words were counted up to see how often particular words came up
What was the problem with the Corpus?
It used sources that don’t use language that is that typical in our everyday use
What was the subtlex?
Subtitles of films and TV programmes were taken and the words were counted
How long do we need to see a word to recognise it?
60 milliseconds
What will happen if a word is contextually constrained?
It is more quickly recognised
How does word length contribute to recognising a word?
Longer words take longer to recognise
What happens to word recognition when given a preview of a homophone?
Readers recognise the word 20ms quicker than with a control word
What is automatically accessed during word recognition?
Phonological code
What can make reading easier?
Phonology
How does phonological neighbourhood size contribute to word recognition?
A larger phonological neighbourhood makes word recognition quicker
What are phonological neighbours?
Words that differ by only one phoneme
