Early parafoveal semantic integration in natural reading

eLife, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: July 5, 2024

Humans can read and comprehend text rapidly, implying that readers might process multiple words per fixation. However, the extent to which parafoveal are previewed integrated into evolving sentence context remains disputed. We investigated processing during natural reading by recording brain activity eye movements using MEG an tracker while participants silently one-line sentences. The sentences contained unpredictable target word was either congruent or incongruent with context. To measure processing, we flickered at 60 Hz measured resulting responses (i.e. Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging, RIFT ) fixations on pre-target words. Our results revealed a significantly weaker tagging response for were previous compared ones, even within 100ms of fixating immediately preceding target. This reduction in also found be predictive individual speed. conclude semantic information is not only extracted from parafovea but before fixated. early extensive supports rapid required reading. study suggests theoretical frameworks should incorporate concept deep processing.

Language: Английский

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DERCo: A Dataset for Human Behaviour in Reading Comprehension Using EEG

Scientific Data, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Oct. 9, 2024

This paper introduces the DERCo (Dublin EEG-based Reading Experiment Corpus), a language resource combining electroencephalography (EEG) and next-word prediction data obtained from participants reading narrative texts. The dataset comprises behavioral collected 500 recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk online crowd-sourcing platform, along with EEG recordings 22 healthy adult native English speakers. experiment was designed to examine context-based word by large sample of participants, while developed extend validation predictability. Online were instructed predict upcoming words complete entire stories. Cloze probabilities then calculated for each so that this predictability measure could be used support various analyses pertaining semantic context effects in recordings. revealed significant differences between high low predictable words, demonstrating one important type potential analysis necessitates close integration these two datasets. material is valuable researchers neurolinguistics due word-level context.

Language: Английский

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Functional priority of syntax over semantics in Chinese ‘ba’ construction: evidence from eye-tracking during natural reading

Language and Cognition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 380 - 400

Published: Sept. 13, 2023

Abstract Studies on sentence processing in inflectional languages support that syntactic structure building functionally precedes semantic processing. Conversely, most EEG studies of Chinese do not the priority syntax. One possible explanation is language lacks morphological inflections. Another may be presentation separate components individual screens disrupts framework construction during reading. The present study investigated this using a self-paced reading experiment mimicking rapid serial visual and an eye-tracking reflecting natural In both experiments, ‘ba’ sentences were presented to young adults four conditions differed across dimensions congruency. Evidence supporting functional syntax over semantics was limited only context, which violations blocked semantics. Additionally, we observed later stage integrating plausible with failed Together, our findings extend highlight importance adopting more ecologically valid methods when investigating

Language: Английский

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eLife assessment: Early parafoveal semantic integration in natural reading

Published: June 11, 2024

Humans can read and comprehend text rapidly, implying that readers might process multiple words per fixation. However, the extent to which parafoveal are previewed integrated into evolving sentence context remains disputed. We investigated processing during natural reading by recording brain activity eye movements using MEG an tracker while participants silently one-line sentences. The sentences contained unpredictable target word was either congruent or incongruent with context. To measure processing, we flickered at 60 Hz measured resulting responses (i.e., Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging, RIFT) fixations on pre-target words. Our results revealed a significantly weaker tagging response for were previous compared ones, even within 100 ms of fixating immediately preceding target. This reduction in RIFT also found be predictive individual speed. conclude semantic information is not only extracted from parafovea but before fixated. early extensive supports rapid required reading. study suggests theoretical frameworks should incorporate concept deep processing.

Language: Английский

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Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Early parafoveal semantic integration in natural reading

Published: June 11, 2024

Humans can read and comprehend text rapidly, implying that readers might process multiple words per fixation. However, the extent to which parafoveal are previewed integrated into evolving sentence context remains disputed. We investigated processing during natural reading by recording brain activity eye movements using MEG an tracker while participants silently one-line sentences. The sentences contained unpredictable target word was either congruent or incongruent with context. To measure processing, we flickered at 60 Hz measured resulting responses (i.e., Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging, RIFT) fixations on pre-target words. Our results revealed a significantly weaker tagging response for were previous compared ones, even within 100 ms of fixating immediately preceding target. This reduction in RIFT also found be predictive individual speed. conclude semantic information is not only extracted from parafovea but before fixated. early extensive supports rapid required reading. study suggests theoretical frameworks should incorporate concept deep processing.

Language: Английский

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Author response: Early parafoveal semantic integration in natural reading

Published: June 11, 2024

Humans can read and comprehend text rapidly, implying that readers might process multiple words per fixation. However, the extent to which parafoveal are previewed integrated into evolving sentence context remains disputed. We investigated processing during natural reading by recording brain activity eye movements using MEG an tracker while participants silently one-line sentences. The sentences contained unpredictable target word was either congruent or incongruent with context. To measure processing, we flickered at 60 Hz measured resulting responses (i.e., Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging, RIFT) fixations on pre-target words. Our results revealed a significantly weaker tagging response for were previous compared ones, even within 100 ms of fixating immediately preceding target. This reduction in RIFT also found be predictive individual speed. conclude semantic information is not only extracted from parafovea but before fixated. early extensive supports rapid required reading. study suggests theoretical frameworks should incorporate concept deep processing.

Language: Английский

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Attention-aware semantic relevance predicting Chinese sentence reading

Cognition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 255, P. 105991 - 105991

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

In recent years, several influential computational models and metrics have been proposed to predict how humans comprehend process sentence. One particularly promising approach is contextual semantic similarity. Inspired by the attention algorithm in Transformer human memory mechanisms, this study proposes an "attention-aware" for computing relevance. This new takes into account different contributions of parts expectation effect, allowing it incorporate information fully. The attention-aware also facilitates simulation existing reading their evaluation. resulting relevance can more accurately fixation durations Chinese tasks recorded eye-tracking corpus than those calculated approaches. study's findings further provide strong support presence preview benefits naturalistic reading. Furthermore, relevance, being memory-based, possess high interpretability from both linguistic cognitive standpoints, making them a valuable tool modeling eye-movements gaining insight language comprehension. Our emphasizes potential these advance our understanding language.

Language: Английский

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Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study

PeerJ, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11, P. e15291 - e15291

Published: May 3, 2023

Background Numerous studies have confirmed that skilled readers can benefit from a semantically related preview word ( i.e ., semantic benefit, SPB), suggesting extract information the parafovea to achieve efficient reading. It is still under debate whether occurrence of this because association between and target words or contextual fit in sentence context. Methods Two independent factors, plausibility (preview plausible/implausible) relatedness (semantically related/unrelated), were manipulated, we further strictly controlled for syntactic present study. Results The results showed first-pass reading times significantly shorter plausible condition than implausible condition. However, main effect was found only gaze duration measure. Discussion pattern revealed affects preferentially Chinese reading, supporting account. Our findings implications better understanding parafoveal processing provide empirical support eye-movement control model.

Language: Английский

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Early parafoveal semantic integration in natural reading

eLife, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Nov. 28, 2023

Humans can read and comprehend text rapidly, implying that readers might process multiple words per fixation. However, the extent to which parafoveal are previewed integrated into evolving sentence context remains disputed. We investigated processing during natural reading by recording brain activity eye movements using MEG an tracker while participants silently one-line sentences. The sentences contained unpredictable target word was either congruent or incongruent with context. To measure processing, we flickered at 60 Hz measured resulting responses (i.e. Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging, RIFT) fixations on pre-target words. Our results revealed a significantly weaker tagging response for were previous compared ones, even within 100ms of fixating immediately preceding target. This reduction in RIFT also found be predictive individual speed. conclude semantic information is not only extracted from parafovea but before fixated. early extensive supports rapid required reading. study suggests theoretical frameworks should incorporate concept deep processing.

Language: Английский

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Neural correlates in the time course of inferences: costs and benefits for less-skilled readers at the university level

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 16, 2024

Abstract Inferences are an indicator of a greater reading comprehension, as they imply combination implicit and explicit information that usually combines textual representation with background knowledge the reader. The aim this study is to explore costs benefits time course inferences in university students comprehension difficulties at 3 stages during narration. method used was event-related potential (ERP) technique order register brain activity 63 teaching program while read familiar, less-familiar neutral stories. Results show slow negativity component words coming from familiar contexts when compared less ones first locus; N400 Post-N400 second locus, reflecting ones; and, lastly, through use lexical decision task, FN400 components were found third especially for pseudowords. These results interpreted preferably bottom-up processing, which characterized by access less-skilled readers.

Language: Английский

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