Eyes jump in small fixations, 8/9 characters, jump to big word in the middle
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Who, and how was the 'word identification span' explained?
Rayner et al.: 7 letters to right of fixation - 3 letters to left for alphabetic scripts
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What was the model proposed by Forster in 1976?
Serial search model
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What did Forster's model consist of?
Compare one at a time, if it is non-word = not found. Match found faster for high-frequency word
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Who would you associate the modified serial model with?
Murray & Forster, 2004
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What does the modified serial model propose?
Mental lexicon of word-forms divided into "bins", quick process categorises spelling to select appropriate bin, then serial search WITHIN that bin
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What bests describes the parallel-matching word detector model?
'Feature' unit for each letter feeds up to 'letter' unit for each letter, feeding up to a 'word' layer. Can flow downwards = transient process (one active at a time)
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What is the effect of sentence context on word identification?
Word = easier to understand in context of sentence
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What two things have big effects on word recognition?
Frequency & context
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What did Forster argue about word recognition?
It is AUTONOMOUS
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What is the measure: eye fixation (tracker)?
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Eyes jump in small fixations, 8/9 characters, jump to big word in the middle
Card 3
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Who, and how was the 'word identification span' explained?
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