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A contingent speech technique in eye movement research on reading
Albrecht W Inhoff1, Cynthia Connine, Ralph Radach
1Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA. inhoff@binghamton.edu
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers : a Journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc
|February 5, 2003
Summary
This study introduces a new eye-movement-contingent method to present auditory information during reading. This technique reveals that phonological codes for words remain active and speech-like after reading.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psycholinguistics
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Established eye-movement-contingent visual display methods exist.
- Controlling auditory information presentation based on eye movements is novel.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a novel eye-movement-contingent method for controlling acoustic information during reading.
- To investigate the nature and time course of activated representations during reading.
Main Methods:
- Developed a novel eye-movement-contingent method.
- Presented irrelevant spoken words when eyes crossed spatial boundaries before target words.
- Manipulated the relationship between spoken and visual target words.
- Analyzed interference patterns to infer activated representations.
Main Results:
- Demonstrated that a word's phonological code remains active after it has been read.
- Showed that the activated phonological code possesses speech-like properties.
Conclusions:
- The developed method effectively probes cognitive processes during reading.
- Phonological codes are retained and exhibit acoustic characteristics post-reading.