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The Impact of Interword Spacing on Inference Processing during Text Reading: Evidence from Eye Movements
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Andriana L. Christofalos; Nicole M. Arco; Madison Laks; Heather Sheridan – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2025
Removing interword spacing has been shown to disrupt lower-level oculomotor processes and word identification during text reading. However, the impact of these disruptions on higher-level processes remains unclear. To examine the influence of spacing on inferential processing, we monitored eye movements while participants read spaced and unspaced…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reader Text Relationship, Eye Movements, Reading