Eye fixation patterns of high and low span young and older adults: Down the garden path and back again
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2004-03Author
Kemper, Susan
Crow, Angela
Kemtes, Karen A.
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American Psychological Association
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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Young and older adults' eye fixations were monitored as they read sentences with temporary ambiguities such as "The experienced soldiers warned about the dangers conducted the midnight raid." Their fixation patterns were similar except that older adults made many regressions. In a 2nd experiment, high- and low-span older adults were compared with high- and low-span young adults. Pint-pass fixations were similar, except low-span readers made many regressions and their total fixation times were longer. High-span readers also used the focus operator "only" (e.g., "Only experienced soldiers warned about the dangers . . .") to immediately resolve the temporary ambiguities. No age group differences were observed. These results are discussed with reference to theories of the role of working memory in sentence processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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Kemper, S., Crow, A., & Kemtes, K. (2004). Eye fixation patterns of high and low span young and older adults: Down the garden path and back again. Psychology and Aging, 19, 157-170. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.157
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