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Cook, Anne E.; Colbert-Getz, Jorie; Kircher, John C. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Researchers have demonstrated that words with high numbers of features (NOF) are recognized more quickly than words with low NOF. One difficulty in testing theories of word recognition with paradigms that present words in isolation, however, is that these paradigms can produce task demands not present in naturalistic reading situations. Extending…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Word Recognition, Sentences, Eye Movements
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McNerney, M. Windy; Goodwin, Kerri A.; Radvansky, Gabriel A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
One of the basic findings on situation models and language comprehension is that reading times are affected by the changing event structure in a text. However, many studies have traditionally used multiple, relatively short texts, in which there is little event consistency across the texts. It is unclear to what extent such changes will be…
Descriptors: Syntax, Novels, Models, Performance Factors