The inhibitory effect of word neighborhood size when reading with central field loss is modulated by word predictability and reading proficiency.

ABSTRACT: For normally sighted readers, word neighborhood size (i.e., the total number of words that can be formed from a single word by changing only one letter) has a facilitator effect on word recognition. When reading with central field loss (CFL) however, individual letters may not be correctly identified, leading to possible misidentifications and a reverse neighborhood size effect. Here we investigate this inhibitory effect of word neighborhood size on reading performance and whether it is modulated by word predictability and reading proficiency. Nineteen patients with binocular CFL from 32 to 89 years old (mean ± SD = 75 ± 15) read short sentences presented with the self-paced reading paradigm. Accuracy and reading time were measured for each target word read, along with its predictability,

SUBMITTER: Sauvan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733451 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature