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All Morphemes Are Not the Same: Accuracy and Response Times in a Lexical Decision Task Differentiate Types of Morphemes
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Coch, Donna; Hua, Jianjun; Landers-Nelson, Allison – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Background: Evidence indicates that fluent readers automatically decompose morphologically complex words. However, few studies have directly compared processing of stimuli comprising different types of morphemes, particularly bound and free morphemes. Methods: Eighty fluently reading young adults participated in a lexical decision task with word…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Accuracy, Decision Making, Reading Fluency
Distributional Analyses of Word Frequency Effects in Chinese Sentence Reading and Lexical Decision Tasks
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Ma, Guojie; Zhuang, Xiangling – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Previous studies used the ex-Gaussian fitting technique to examine the distribution of word frequency effects in English sentence reading and lexical decision tasks. It was found that word frequency influences reaction times and eye fixation durations by both shifting the distribution to the right and increasing the skew for the low-frequency…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Chinese, Sentences, Lexicology
Gender Differences in Mental Simulation during Sentence and Word Processing
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Wassenburg, Stephanie I.; de Koning, Björn B.; de Vries, Meinou H.; Boonstra, A. Marije; van der Schoot, Menno – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
Text comprehension requires readers to mentally simulate the described situation by reactivating previously acquired sensory and motor information from (episodic) memory. Drawing upon research demonstrating gender differences, favouring girls, in tasks involving episodic memory retrieval, the present study explores whether gender differences exist…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Comprehension, Memory, Recall (Psychology)
Direct and Indirect Effects of Executive Function on Reading Comprehension in Young Adults
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Georgiou, George K.; Das, J. P. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine what components of executive function (EF)--inhibition, shifting and updating/working memory--predict reading comprehension in young adults. Ninety university students (65 females, 25 males; mean age = 21.82 years) were assessed on shifting (Planned Connections and Colour/Shape Shifting), inhibition…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Verbal Ability