Semantic Similarity Effects in Chinese Reading:Evidence for Semantic Prediction
This study investigated whether predictive processing during Chinese reading predominantly occurs at the lexical level or semantic level by employing eye-tracking technology.The experiment manipulated target words within sentences to create conditions with either high-predictable or low-predictable words across three levels,with the semantic similarity between high-predictable and low-predictable words decreasing progressively(L1>L2>L3).The results revealed that as the semantic similarity between low-predictable and high-predictable words decreased,the processing time for low-predictable words increased in early eye movement measures.This finding demonstrates a significant semantic similarity effect,highlighting the graded nature of semantic prediction.Additionally,contextual constraints are shown to modulate predictive processing.These results provide support for the"semantic prediction"account.
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