2012
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0243-z
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The role of verbal memory in regressions during reading

Abstract: During reading, participants generally move their eyes rightward on the line. A number of eye movements, called regressions, are made leftward, to words that have already been fixated. In the present study, we investigated the role of verbal memory during regressions. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to read sentences for comprehension. After reading, they were asked to make a regression to a target word presented auditorily. The results revealed that their regressions were guided by memory, as they di… Show more

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“…Linguistic information thus influenced the accuracy of regression targeting. Related work by Guerard and collaborators showed larger regression errors, in particular for far targets, when the reading task was accompanied by an articulatory suppression task that involved the repeated articulation of the consonant sequence “ABCD” at a pace of two second per letter [14,15]. These results suggest that phonological working memory may be involved in the specification of far locations, as articulatory suppression was likely to interfere with the representation of phonological forms in working memory.…”
Section: The Spatial Targeting Of Regressionsmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…Linguistic information thus influenced the accuracy of regression targeting. Related work by Guerard and collaborators showed larger regression errors, in particular for far targets, when the reading task was accompanied by an articulatory suppression task that involved the repeated articulation of the consonant sequence “ABCD” at a pace of two second per letter [14,15]. These results suggest that phonological working memory may be involved in the specification of far locations, as articulatory suppression was likely to interfere with the representation of phonological forms in working memory.…”
Section: The Spatial Targeting Of Regressionsmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…However, we cannot fully determine the processes that are engaged during becoming aware of the distraction, although some of our results do point in a possible direction (see also the discussion of pupillometry results below). Consider that, as mentioned above, long‐range regressions are influenced by both spatial and verbal memory and are important in aiding comprehension (Guérard et al, 2013; Radach et al, 2008; Schotter et al, 2014; Weiss et al, 2017; Weger & Inhoff, 2007). An increase in regression length could signal the need for an “update” of working memory because the subject is beginning to realize that the thread of the story has been lost.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These theories suggest that comprehension and higher‐level linguistic processing are the main reason to make a regression while reading (Schotter et al, 2014). Both spatial and verbal memory play a crucial role in this task and could have different influences depending on the specific regression’s length and purpose (Guérard et al, 2013; Weger & Inhoff, 2007). Finally, in addition to the role of higher‐level linguistic processing in regressive eye movements, low‐level interventions in areas of the text that have already been read can alter the duration of fixations and the length of saccades during both progressive and regressive reading behavior (Apel et al, 2012; Jordan et al, 2016; White et al, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other studies have indicated that regression targeting can be modulated by linguistic knowledge or processing demand, for example, modulated by the number of intervening words between the start and end of the regressive saccade (Weger & Inhoff, 2007). Recent work also indicates that verbal memory may be important in guiding regressions, as regression targeting is affected by articulatory suppression (Guérard, Saint-Aubin, & Maltais, 2013; Guérard, Saint-Aubin, Maltais, & Lavoie, 2014). Other work indicates that spatial layout, in addition to linguistic guidance, can also modulate targeting of regressions (Mitchell et al, 2008).…”
Section: The Parafoveal Postviewmentioning
confidence: 99%