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Efficient word segmentation is preserved in older adult readers: Evidence from eye movements during Chinese reading.
Li, Lin; Bao, Lingshan; Li, Zhuoer; Li, Sha; Liu, Jingyi; Wang, Pin; Warrington, Kayleigh L; Gunn, Sarah; Paterson, Kevin B.
Afiliação
  • Li L; Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University.
  • Bao L; Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University.
  • Li Z; Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University.
  • Li S; School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University.
  • Liu J; Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University.
  • Wang P; Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University.
  • Warrington KL; School of Psychology and Vision Sciences,, University of Leicester.
  • Gunn S; School of Psychology and Vision Sciences,, University of Leicester.
  • Paterson KB; School of Psychology and Vision Sciences,, University of Leicester.
Psychol Aging ; 39(3): 215-230, 2024 May.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38602810
ABSTRACT
College-aged readers use efficient strategies to segment and recognize words in naturally unspaced Chinese text. Whether this capability changes across the adult lifespan is unknown, although segmenting words in unspaced text may be challenging for older readers due to visual and cognitive declines in older age, including poorer parafoveal processing of upcoming characters. Accordingly, we conducted two eye movement experiments to test for age differences in word segmentation, each with 48 young (18-30 years) and 36 older (65+ years) native Chinese readers. Following Zhou and Li (2021), we focused on the processing of "incremental" three-character words, like (meaning "kindergartens"), which contain an embedded two-character word (e.g., , meaning "children"). In Experiment 1, either the three-character word or its embedded word was presented as the target word in sentence contexts where the three-character word always was plausible, and the embedded word was either plausible or implausible. Both age groups produced similar plausibility effects, suggesting age constancy in accessing the embedded word early during ambiguity processing before ultimately assigning an incremental word analysis. Experiment 2 provided further evidence that both younger and older readers access the embedded word early during ambiguity processing, but rapidly select the appropriate (incremental) word. Crucially, the findings suggest that word segmentation strategies do not differ with age. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Leitura / Movimentos Oculares Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Psychol Aging Assunto da revista: GERIATRIA / PSICOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Leitura / Movimentos Oculares Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Psychol Aging Assunto da revista: GERIATRIA / PSICOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article