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  • 1Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy. mzorzi@psico.unipd.it

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
|May 16, 2000
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This study challenges serial reading models by demonstrating that the position-of-irregularity effect is not evidence of serial processing. A parallel model explains this effect, which disappears when grapheme-phoneme consistency is considered.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • K. Rastle and M. Coltheart (1999) proposed that the position-of-irregularity effect in reading supports serial processing models.
  • This effect, where irregularity cost varies with position in low-frequency exception words, was interpreted as evidence against parallel reading models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To refute the theoretical conclusions drawn by Rastle and Coltheart regarding serial processing in reading.
  • To demonstrate that parallel models can account for the position-of-irregularity effect.
  • To re-evaluate the evidence for serial processing by considering grapheme-phoneme consistency.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing the connectionist dual process model (Zorzi et al., 1998b) to simulate reading processes.

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  • Analyzing the position-of-irregularity effect in relation to grapheme-phoneme consistency.
  • Reanalyzing experimental data with grapheme-phoneme consistency as a covariate.

    • Main Results:

    • A parallel model successfully reproduced the position-of-irregularity effect.
    • The effect was shown to be reducible to a position-specific grapheme-phoneme consistency effect.
    • The position-of-irregularity effect was eliminated when grapheme-phoneme consistency was statistically controlled.

    Conclusions:

    • The position-of-irregularity effect does not provide strong evidence for serial processing in reading.
    • Parallel processing models, like the connectionist dual process model, can explain observed reading phenomena.
    • Researchers should exercise caution in drawing strong inferences about cognitive architectures until computational models are thoroughly tested.