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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Spaced compounds, like "teddy bear", present unique challenges in reading due to their multi-word structure.
  • Understanding how readers process these compounds is crucial for theories of visual word recognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the existence and conditions of preview benefits for the second constituent of spaced compounds.
  • To determine if spaced compounds are processed as a single lexical unit during natural reading.

Main Methods:

  • An eye-tracking experiment using the boundary paradigm.
  • Orthogonal manipulation of identity/nonword previews for the first (n+1) and second (n+2) constituents of spaced compounds.
  • Analysis using linear mixed-effects models.

Main Results:

  • A significant preview benefit was observed for the second constituent (n+2) when the first constituent (n+1) was also previewed.
  • This n+2 preview benefit reduced fixation time on word n+1.
  • The preview benefit was contingent on the preview of word n+1, indicating interactive processing.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the hypothesis that spaced compounds are processed as a unified lexical unit.
  • This suggests a more integrated approach to lexical access for multi-word lexical units in reading.
  • The study provides empirical evidence for the cognitive mechanisms underlying spaced compound processing.