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Reading aloud is not automatic: processing capacity is required to generate a phonological code from print.

Michael Reynolds1, Derek Besner

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
|December 13, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Phonological recoding, the process of converting text to sound, does not appear to be fully automatic. Specific components of this process, like assembled phonology and lexical contributions, require central attention.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The concept of automaticity in cognitive processes suggests some tasks can occur without conscious control.
  • Phonological recoding, crucial for reading, has been debated regarding its automatic nature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether phonological recoding operates automatically by examining its use of central attention.
  • To differentiate between early lexical processing and assembled phonology in terms of attentional demands.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the psychological refractory period paradigm, involving dual-task performance (tone discrimination and reading aloud).
  • Manipulated stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) and examined its interaction with factors like word repetition priming, nonword length, grapheme-phoneme complexity, and orthographic neighborhood density.

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Main Results:

  • Early lexical processing showed underadditive effects with SOA, indicating no central attention use.
  • Assembled phonology and lexical contributions to phonological recoding demonstrated additive effects with SOA, suggesting central attention involvement.

Conclusions:

  • The findings challenge the notion that phonological recoding is entirely automatic.
  • Results suggest that specific stages of phonological recoding, particularly assembled phonology, are attention-dependent.
  • The study advocates for more nuanced models of automaticity in cognitive processes.