Eye movements as direct tests of the GO model for the missing-letter effect
When asked to detect target letters while reading a text, participants miss more letters in
frequently occurring function words than in less frequent content words. To account for this …
frequently occurring function words than in less frequent content words. To account for this …
Short Article: The interaction of word frequency and word class: A test of the GO model's account of the missing-letter effect
When asked to detect target letters while reading a text, participants miss more letters in
frequent function words than in less frequent content words. In this phenomenon, known as …
frequent function words than in less frequent content words. In this phenomenon, known as …
What a simple letter-detection task can tell us about cognitive processes in reading
Understanding reading is a central issue for psychology, with major societal implications.
Over the past five decades, a simple letter-detection task has been used as a window on the …
Over the past five decades, a simple letter-detection task has been used as a window on the …
Mind wandering in text comprehension under dual-task conditions
P Dixon, H Li - Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In two experiments, subjects responded to on-task probes while reading under dual-task
conditions. The secondary task was to monitor the text for occurrences of the letter e. In …
conditions. The secondary task was to monitor the text for occurrences of the letter e. In …
Age changes in the missing-letter effect revisited
When participants search for a target letter while reading, they make more omissions if the
target letter is embedded in frequent function words than in less frequent content words …
target letter is embedded in frequent function words than in less frequent content words …
One missing-letter effect: two methods of assessment.
Lorsqu'un lecteur doit rechercher une lettre cible tout en lisant un texte continu, il l'omet plus
fréquemment lorsqu'elle est incluse dans un mot de fonction très fréquent comme des plutôt …
fréquemment lorsqu'elle est incluse dans un mot de fonction très fréquent comme des plutôt …
Solving the chicken-and-egg problem of letter detection and fixation duration in reading
When asked to detect target letters while reading a text, participants miss more letters in
frequent function words than in less frequent content words. According to the truncation …
frequent function words than in less frequent content words. According to the truncation …
Testing the statistical learning of spelling patterns by manipulating semantic and orthographic frequency
SH Deacon, D Leung - Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013 - cambridge.org
This study tested the diverging predictions of recent theories of children's learning of spelling
regularities. We asked younger (Grades 1 and 2) and older (Grades 3 and 4) elementary …
regularities. We asked younger (Grades 1 and 2) and older (Grades 3 and 4) elementary …
The Influence of Reading Skills on the Missing‐Letter Effect Among Elementary School Students
When skilled readers search for a target letter while reading for comprehension, they miss
the target letter more often when it is embedded in high‐frequency function words than in …
the target letter more often when it is embedded in high‐frequency function words than in …
Short Article: The Impact of Letter Detection on Eye Movement Patterns during Reading: Reconsidering Lexical Analysis in Connected Text as a Function of Task
SN Greenberg, AW Inhoff… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
A comparison was made between reading tasks performed with and without the additional
requirement of detecting target letters. At issue was whether eye movement measures are …
requirement of detecting target letters. At issue was whether eye movement measures are …