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T1 Frequency-based foveal load modulates semantic parafoveal-on-foveal effects.
A1 Antúnez García, Martín
A1 López Pérez, Pedro Javier
A1 Dampuré, Julien
A1 Barber Friend, Horacio Ángel
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AB During reading, we can process words allocated to the parafoveal visual region. Our ability toextract parafoveal information is determined by the availability of attentional resources, and byhow these are distributed among words in the visual field. According to the foveal load hypothesis, a greater difficulty in processing the foveal word would result in less attentional resources being allocated to the parafoveal word, thereby hindering its processing. However,contradictory results have raised questions about which foveal load manipulations may affect theprocessing of parafoveal words at different levels. We explored whether the semantic processingof parafoveal words can be modulated by variations in a frequency-based foveal load. Whenparticipants read word triads, modulations in the N400 component indicated that, while parafoveal words were semantically processed when foveal load was low, their meaning could not beaccessed if the foveal word was more difficult to process. Therefore, a frequency-based foveal loadmodulates semantic parafoveal processing and a semantic preview manipulation may be a suitable baseline to test the foveal load hypothesis.
YR 2022
FD 2022
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 14-oct-2024