The influence of oral vocabulary knowledge on individual differences in a computational model of reading.

ABSTRACT: Studies have demonstrated systematic individual differences in the degree of semantic reliance (SR) when reading aloud exception words in adult skilled readers. However, the origins of individual differences in reading remain unclear. Using a connectionist model of reading, this study investigated whether oral vocabulary knowledge may affect the degree of SR as a potential source of individual differences in reading. Variety in oral vocabulary knowledge was simulated by training the model to learn the mappings between spoken and meaning word forms with different vocabulary sizes and quantities of exposure to these vocabularies. The model's SR in the reading aloud task was computed. The result demonstrated that the model with varying amounts of oral exposure and vocabulary sizes had differe

SUBMITTER: Chang YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9886906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature