| Abstract: | Evaluated in 3 S-paced experiments reading patterns at the word, line, and sentence levels for fast and slow readers. A moving-window method was used to collect word reading times for natural texts. At the reading level, reading times of word N were influenced by features of word N–2 for fast (but not slow) Ss. The lag effect shown by fast Ss indicates that they continue to process a word when it is no longer in view. Both reader groups processed many new arguments (NAs) from a sentence. However, fast Ss exhibited greater NA effects relative to lines, whereas slow Ss exhibited greater NA effects relative to sentences. Results are discussed in terms of a buffer-and-integrate model of reading comprehension. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
