TY - JOUR
T1 - Vowel processing during silent reading
T2 - Evidence from eye movements
AU - Ashby, Jane
AU - Treiman, Rebecca
AU - Kessler, Brett
AU - Rayner, Keith
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Two eye movement experiments examined whether skilled readers include vowels in the early phonological representations used in word recognition during silent reading. Target words were presented in sentences preceded by parafoveal previews in which the vowel phoneme was concordant or discordant with the vowel phoneme in the target word. In Experiment 1, the orthographic vowel differed from the target in both the concordant and discordant preview conditions. In Experiment 2, the vowel letters in the preview were identical to those in the target word. The phonological vowel was ambiguous, however, and the final consonants of the previews biased the vowel phoneme either toward or away from the target's vowel phoneme. In both experiments, shorter reading times were observed for targets preceded by concordant previews than by discordant previews. Implications for models of word recognition are discussed.
AB - Two eye movement experiments examined whether skilled readers include vowels in the early phonological representations used in word recognition during silent reading. Target words were presented in sentences preceded by parafoveal previews in which the vowel phoneme was concordant or discordant with the vowel phoneme in the target word. In Experiment 1, the orthographic vowel differed from the target in both the concordant and discordant preview conditions. In Experiment 2, the vowel letters in the preview were identical to those in the target word. The phonological vowel was ambiguous, however, and the final consonants of the previews biased the vowel phoneme either toward or away from the target's vowel phoneme. In both experiments, shorter reading times were observed for targets preceded by concordant previews than by discordant previews. Implications for models of word recognition are discussed.
KW - Eye movements
KW - Parafoveal processing
KW - Phonology
KW - Silent reading
KW - Vowels
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645745755&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.32.2.416
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.32.2.416
M3 - Article
C2 - 16569156
AN - SCOPUS:33645745755
VL - 32
SP - 416
EP - 424
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
SN - 0278-7393
IS - 2
ER -