Distribution of visuo-attentional resources while reading multiple words.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have investigated the role of semantic processing in the parafovea using the Rapid Parallel Visual Presentation (RPVP) paradigm, which involves the simultaneous presentation of two words, one in the fovea (W1) and one in the parafovea (W2). Results have shown that both accuracy and response times are influenced by the semantic relatedness between the words. These findings suggest that semantic information can be extracted from the parafovea and in parallel with the processing of the foveal word. In the present study, we aimed to provide further evidence of parallel semantic processing and to gain deeper insight into the availability and spatial distribution of attentional resources when semantic relatedness is present. Two experiments were conducted. In both, the first part

SUBMITTER: Bandiera V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12863487 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature