Abstract Norming studies on picture naming usually identify different correct names for each and provide more information the dominant name (i.e., most frequently produced of a given picture) or weighted values based all names. The current study is among first attempts to establish psycholinguistic norms both secondary pictures. following in Mandarin Chinese were provided 700 color photographs from LinguaPix database: agreement, latency, length, image age acquisition (AoA), concept...

The processing of homographic morphemes during Chinese word recognition was investigated by recording event-related potentials (ERPs) in a masked priming lexical decision experiment. There were four conditions. In the morpheme condition, primes and targets had same interpretations (e.g. "公園-public garden/park" "公眾-public people/the public"). homograph they different "公雞-male chicken/cock"). Semantic-sharing "草地-lawn") unrelated "嗅覺-olfaction") conditions also included. Compared to produced...

Abstract This article reports the first ERP (event‐related potential) megastudy in traditional Chinese word recognition. Fifty‐one native undergraduates Hong Kong, who were Cantonese speakers, provided data to 1020 two‐character words and 204 pseudowords a go/no‐go lexical decision task (go trials: pseudowords). The item list compiled into database called “E‐MELD” (ERP MEgastudy of Lexical Decision). To illustrate how E‐MELD can be utilized research recognition, series linear mixed‐effects...

The role of morphemic meaning in Chinese word recognition was examined with the masked and unmasked priming paradigms. Target words contained ambiguous morphemes biased toward dominant or subordinate meanings. Prime either same interpretations were unrelated to targets. In addition, relative frequency alternative meanings could be balanced (i.e., are similar frequency) one is used much more frequently). targets facilitated by primes for both items, regardless procedure. However, did not...

The present study tested the activation of different phonological units Chinese characters during silent sentence reading. Fifty-five participants were in an eye-tracking experiment. A highly predictable target character each experimental was replaced by four types substitutes (i.e. no-violation, tone-violation, rime-violation, and double-violation). exhibited a shorter total reading time no-violation tone-violation conditions than double-violation baseline condition, whereas rime-violation...

Over 90% of Chinese characters are compounds, comprising two or more constituents called radicals. Two experiments employed a character matching task to examine the contribution radical position in processing. The was decide whether target had appeared briefly and sequentially presented preceding source characters. Experiment 1 discovered significantly false when (e.g., '') shared radicals with stimuli ('', than no radical, indicating that contribute 2 replicated this finding further...

Eye tracking is widely used to study the reading process in different languages. Given unique properties of written Chinese, it important identify similarities and differences eye-movement controls between readers Chinese alphabetic scripts. In this article, we review data available for comparison four domains: (a) perceptual span, (b) parafoveal processing, (c) basic encoding unit, (d) computer modeling. Our indicates that, while some aspects eye movement control appear be universal (e.g.,...

Two sets of experiments were conducted to investigate the role morphemes in word recognition and production. These employed three priming procedures (i.e., masked, unmasked long lag) study relatively early late stages morphological processing. Targets Chinese compound words containing an ambiguous morpheme (analogous “chair” “chairman” vs. “armchair”). Primes targets shared same with interpretation (S), a different (D) or completely unrelated (U). For recognition, facilitation by S D primes...

Abstract It is well known that the Chinese writing system lacks visual cues for word boundaries, such as interword spaces. However, characters must be grouped into words or phrases understanding, and lack of spaces can cause certain ambiguity. In current study, young older adults’ eye movements were recorded during their reading naturally unspaced sentences, where consecutive nonwords printed using alternating colors. The both adults clearly influenced by this explicit boundary information....

Although it is well established that the visual complexity of a written word can influence processing, far less clear from cross-script perspective, whether overall entire lexicon also affects recognition. This question be answered with data in megastudy lexical decision Chinese (MELD-CH), which was developed over 800 participants responding to 12,587 simplified and traditional words. The results showed slower but more accurate Chinese, has about 22.5% strokes, than Chinese. pattern could...

The phonetic radical of a Chinese character is typically considered as sublexical unit providing clues to pronunciation. This tradition was challenged by previous study showing that the meanings radicals affected naming speed. Three experiments were conducted further investigate this issue. Experiments 1 and 2 showed could be activated in primed decision semantic categorisation tasks, indicating activation robust different tasks. Moreover, Experiment also strongly whole characters. 3 adopted...