Morpho-syntactico-semantic parafoveal processing: Eye-tracking evidence from word n + 1 and word n in Russian.

Anastasia Stoops; Jack Dempsey; Kiel Christianson

doi:10.1037/xhp0001354

Morpho-syntactico-semantic parafoveal processing: Eye-tracking evidence from word n + 1 and word n in Russian.

Anastasia Stoops
, Jack Dempsey
, Kiel Christianson

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Abstract

The results indicate that, while low-level orthographic processing can be processed in parallel by skilled readers, it is the language-related, message-level interpretative processing that proceeds serially. Our study suggests that the morpho-syntactico-semantic characteristics of the target word are a significant informative layer used by skilled readers and that this has been overlooked by current models that rely largely on lexical predictability.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1100-1117
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Volume	51
Issue number	8
Early online date	Jun 26 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0001354
State	Published - 2025

Keywords

attentional allocation hypothesis in word n versus word n+ 1
eye tracking and reading
morpho-syntactico-semantic processing
parafoveal processing
syntactic predictability

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Behavioral Neuroscience

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