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A web-based mouse-tracking task for early perceptual language processing.

Holger Mitterer1,2

  • 1Department of Cognitive Science, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, 2080, MSD, Malta. holger.mitterer@um.edu.mt.

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Researchers developed a remote web-based mouse-tracking task to study language processing across diverse languages. This method captures early perceptual and predictive semantic data, overcoming limitations of traditional eye-tracking for less-studied languages.

Keywords:
Mouse trackingProsodySpoken-word recognition

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Studying language processing necessitates diverse linguistic data, free from participant awareness of being studied.
  • Eye-tracking is valuable for minimizing demand characteristics but challenging for less-resourced languages.
  • Existing methods face practical limitations in remote data collection for psycholinguistic research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel web-based mouse-tracking paradigm for remote language processing research.
  • To demonstrate the utility of mouse-tracking for capturing early perceptual and semantic information.
  • To provide a scalable alternative to eye-tracking for investigating a wide range of languages.

Main Methods:

  • A web-based mouse-tracking task was designed, mimicking early video games to encourage early language input.
  • The paradigm was validated by replicating findings from a previous eye-tracking study on reduced word recognition.
  • Filler items were incorporated to assess the task's ability to capture predictive semantic processing.

Main Results:

  • Mouse-tracking data successfully replicated key findings from an eye-tracking study on lexical processing.
  • The paradigm demonstrated sensitivity to predictive semantic processing, as evidenced by filler item analysis.
  • The results indicate that mouse-tracking can capture similar early perceptual data as eye-tracking.

Conclusions:

  • The developed web-based mouse-tracking task offers a viable, remote-friendly alternative to eye-tracking for psycholinguistic research.
  • This paradigm facilitates the study of lexical access, prosodic processing, and predictive semantic processing in diverse linguistic contexts.
  • The approach enhances the feasibility of conducting large-scale language processing studies, especially for less-resourced languages.