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When benefits outweigh costs: reconsidering "automatic" phonological recoding when reading aloud.

Serje Robidoux1, Derek Besner

  • 1Department of Psychology, Cognitionand Perception Unit (CPU), University of Waterloo, Canada. smrobido@uwaterloo.ca

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale
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Skilled readers show slower reading for exception words due to competing pronunciation rules. This suggests sublexical phonological recoding is not fully automatic, challenging current views in reading research.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Neuroscience of Reading

Background:

  • Skilled readers process exception words (e.g., PINT) slower than regular words (e.g., MINT).
  • This "regularity effect" is often cited as evidence for automatic sublexical phonological recoding.
  • The dominant view posits that sublexical spelling-sound conversion cannot be inhibited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate the assumption of automatic sublexical phonological recoding in reading.
  • To investigate the role of sublexical processing in reading exception words.
  • To propose a more nuanced framework for understanding reading processes.

Main Methods:

  • Computational modeling simulations of reading processes.
  • Analysis of behavioral data from skilled readers.

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  • Review of existing literature on the regularity effect.

    • Main Results:

    • Computational models suggest the "automaticity" claim for sublexical phonological recoding may be premature.
    • Evidence indicates that sublexical phonological recoding can be modulated or inhibited by skilled readers.
    • A benefit from sublexical processing exists, complicating the notion of a pure "cost".

    Conclusions:

    • The assertion that sublexical phonological recoding is "automatic" is likely an oversimplification.
    • A broader, context-dependent framework is needed to understand reading mechanisms.
    • Future research should consider the interplay between lexical and sublexical processing more carefully.