Eye movement behaviour during reading of Japanese sentences: Effects of word length and visual complexity |
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| Authors: | Sarah J White Masako Hirotani and Simon P Liversedge |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Psychology, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 9HN, UK;(2) School of Linguistics and Language Studies, and Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada;(3) Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;(4) School of Psychology, Shackleton Building, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK |
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| Abstract: | Two experiments are presented that examine how the visual characteristics of Japanese words influence eye movement behaviour
during reading. In Experiment 1, reading behaviour was compared for words comprising either one or two kanji characters. The
one-character words were significantly less likely to be fixated on first-pass, and had significantly longer overall reading
times, than the two-character words. In Experiment 2, reading behaviour was compared for two-kanji character words, for which
the first character was either visually simple or visually complex (determined by the number of strokes). Visual complexity
significantly influenced total word reading times and the probability of the individual visually simple/complex characters
being fixated on first pass. Additional analyses showed no preferred viewing position for two-kanji character words. Overall,
the study provides experimental evidence of an influence of specific visual characteristics of Japanese words on eye movement
behaviour during reading, as shown by both fixation probabilities and reading times. The findings must be explained by processing
at (or beyond) a visual level impacting on eye movement behavior during reading of Japanese text. |
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