How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate
M Brysbaert - Journal of memory and language, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on the analysis of 190 studies (18,573 participants), we estimate that the average
silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and …
silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and …
Disentangling contextual diversity: Communicative need as a lexical organizer.
BT Johns - Psychological Review, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Contextual diversity (CD; Adelman, Brown, & Quesada, 2006) modifies word
frequency by ignoring word repetition in context. It has been repeatedly found that a CD …
frequency by ignoring word repetition in context. It has been repeatedly found that a CD …
Cognitive causes of 'like me'race and gender biases in human language production
Natural language contains and communicates social biases, often reflecting attitudes,
prejudices and stereotypes. Here we provide evidence for a novel psychological pathway for …
prejudices and stereotypes. Here we provide evidence for a novel psychological pathway for …
Estimating the prevalence and diversity of words in written language
Recently, a new crowd-sourced language metric has been introduced, entitled word
prevalence, which estimates the proportion of the population that knows a given word. This …
prevalence, which estimates the proportion of the population that knows a given word. This …
Creating a Chinese gender lexicon for detecting gendered wording in job advertisements
T Jiang, Y Li, S Fu, Y Chen - Information Processing & Management, 2023 - Elsevier
It is widely assumed that gendered wording in job advertisements can be a source of
unconscious gender bias that contributes to occupational gender segregation, and gender …
unconscious gender bias that contributes to occupational gender segregation, and gender …
Insights from the study of Arabic reading
Current reading models were largely designed to explain findings from experiments of the
reading of English and other European languages (Reichle, 2020, Computational models of …
reading of English and other European languages (Reichle, 2020, Computational models of …
Laying the groundwork to investigate diversity of life sciences reading lists in higher education and its link to awarding gaps
M Taylor, J Hung, TE Che, D Akinbosede… - Education …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study presents a case for decolonising the life sciences curriculum to improve
representation of the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) scholars—a step in …
representation of the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) scholars—a step in …
English speakers' implicit gender concepts influence their processing of french grammatical gender: Evidence for semantically mediated cross-linguistic influence
Second language (L2) learners often show influence from their first language (L1) in all
domains of language. This cross-linguistic influence could, in some cases, be mediated by …
domains of language. This cross-linguistic influence could, in some cases, be mediated by …
Boys write about boys: Androcentrism in children's reading experience and its emergence in children's own writing
Gender bias exists in our language environment. We investigated personal name usage in
two large corpora of language written for and by UK children aged 5–13. Study 1 found an …
two large corpora of language written for and by UK children aged 5–13. Study 1 found an …
The continued importance of theory: Lessons from big data approaches to language and cognition.
Big data approaches to cognition have become increasingly popular, coinciding with the
continued collection and curation of extremely large collections of human behavior. The …
continued collection and curation of extremely large collections of human behavior. The …