Comparing naming, lexical decision, and eye fixation times: word frequency effects and individual differences.

@article{citeulike:2722107, abstract = {Performance on three different tasks was compared: naming, lexical decision, and reading (with eye fixation times on a target word measured). We examined the word frequency effect for a common set of words for each task and each subject. Naming and reading (particularly gaze duration) yielded similar frequency effects for the target words. The frequency effect found in lexical decision was greater than that found in naming and in eye fixation times. In all tasks, there was a correlation between the frequency effect and average response time. In general, the results suggest that both the naming and the lexical decision tasks yield data about word recognition processes that are consistent with effects found in eye fixations during silent reading.}, address = {University of Massachusetts, Amherst.}, author = {Schilling, H. H. and Rayner, K. and Chumbley, J. I. }, citeulike-article-id = {2722107}, issn = {0090-502X}, journal = {Memory \& cognition}, keywords = {eye-movement, naming, psychology, reading, word\_frequency}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {1270--1281}, posted-at = {2008-04-26 16:47:41}, priority = {0}, title = {Comparing naming, lexical decision, and eye fixation times: word frequency effects and individual differences.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9847550}, volume = {26}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2722107 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2722107 TI - Comparing naming, lexical decision, and eye fixation times: word frequency effects and individual differences. JF - Memory & cognition VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 1270 EP - 1281 AD - University of Massachusetts, Amherst. SN - 0090-502X N2 - Performance on three different tasks was compared: naming, lexical decision, and reading (with eye fixation times on a target word measured). We examined the word frequency effect for a common set of words for each task and each subject. Naming and reading (particularly gaze duration) yielded similar frequency effects for the target words. The frequency effect found in lexical decision was greater than that found in naming and in eye fixation times. In all tasks, there was a correlation between the frequency effect and average response time. In general, the results suggest that both the naming and the lexical decision tasks yield data about word recognition processes that are consistent with effects found in eye fixations during silent reading. KW - eye-movement KW - naming KW - psychology KW - reading KW - word_frequency AU - Schilling, HH AU - Rayner, K AU - Chumbley, JI PY - 1998/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9847550 ER -