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Stroke Encoding Processes of Chinese Character During Sentence Reading.
Mingjun Zhai1, Hsuan-Chih Chen1, Michael C W Yip2
1Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Experimental Psychology
|June 11, 2020
Summary
Simplified and traditional Chinese readers process characters differently. Simplified Chinese readers are more affected by visual complexity, while traditional Chinese readers show a stronger stroke-order effect.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Linguistics
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Chinese characters exist in traditional and simplified forms.
- Understanding reading processes in different scripts is crucial for cognitive science.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate differences in stroke encoding between traditional Chinese readers (TCRs) and simplified Chinese readers (SCRs).
- To explore the visual complexity effect in processing simplified and traditional Chinese characters.
- To examine the stroke-order effect in Chinese character processing.
Main Methods:
- An eye-tracking experiment was conducted with 66 participants (32 TCRs, 34 SCRs).
- Participants read sentences with characters modified for visual complexity (removed strokes).
- Behavioral data (reading patterns) were analyzed to infer processing differences.
Main Results:
- A cross-script visual complexity effect was observed.
- SCRs demonstrated greater sensitivity to visual complexity changes during lexical access compared to TCRs.
- The stroke-order effect was more pronounced in TCRs than in SCRs.
Conclusions:
- Reading processes for simplified and traditional Chinese characters are not identical.
- Visual complexity significantly impacts lexical access, particularly for SCRs.
- Stroke-order plays a more critical role in TCRs' character processing.
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