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The role of top-down and bottom-up factors in parafoveal reading

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Recently we have shown that, while reading two words presented simultaneously, one in the fovea and one in the parafovea, participants are more accurate and faster when the two words are semantically related. The present study confirmed and supported the previous results by using the same Rapid Parallel Visual Presentation Paradigm (RPVP) and by changing the relative proportions of unrelated vs. semantically related word pairs. Indeed, differently from other studies where semantically unrelated and related word pairs were equally represented (50% each), in the present study only 30% of word pairs were semantically related. Results showed again an advantage when the two words were semantically related and we interpreted these findings in terms of automaticity between lexical/sublexical units processing and semantic access.

Source: Frontiers in Cognition

DOI: 10.3389/fcogn.2025.1715617

Authors: Valentina Bandiera, Silvia Primativo, Roberta Daini, Marialuisa Martelli, Lisa S. Arduino

Institutions: Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, University of Milano-Bicocca, Sapienza University of Rome

Language: English

Topic: Reading and Literacy Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,353

Funder: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca