Beginner readers do not benefit from previewing upcoming words but are still negatively impacted by them. We found strong interference by adjacent words or unknown font strings in Grades 2 and 5. This can be a major factor in fluency development. doi.org/10.1016/j.co... @cognitionjournal.bsky.social

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Printed words are slower to recognize when surrounded by other words, especially at short distance. Interference is greater from the right side, where the adjacent word is also simultaneously lexically activated: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

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When naming visual sequences, efficiency calls for parallel processing of successive items but this leads to interference that threatens performance. To manage the load, constant monitoring allows dynamic adjustment of parallelism, seen in eye-voice span and articulation. dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0...

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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers

Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

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Skilled readers use information from upcoming words to boost efficiency, but at what cost? We discovered that nearby words interfere with lexical activation of the fixated word, calling for a more nuanced approach to the role of preview in fluent reading. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...