TY - JOUR
T1 - Encoding multiple words simultaneously in reading is implausible
AU - Reichle, Erik D.
AU - Liversedge, Simon P.
AU - Pollatsek, Alexander
AU - Rayner, Keith
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - Several prominent models of reading posit that attention is distributed to support the parallel lexical processing of multiple words. We contend that the auxiliary assumptions underlying this attention-gradient hypothesis are not well founded. Here, we address three specific issues related to the ongoing debate about attention allocation during reading: (i) why the attention-gradient hypothesis is widely endorsed, (ii) why processing several words in parallel in reading is implausible and (iii) why attention must be allocated to only one word at a time. Full consideration of these arguments supports the hypothesis that attention is allocated serially during reading.
AB - Several prominent models of reading posit that attention is distributed to support the parallel lexical processing of multiple words. We contend that the auxiliary assumptions underlying this attention-gradient hypothesis are not well founded. Here, we address three specific issues related to the ongoing debate about attention allocation during reading: (i) why the attention-gradient hypothesis is widely endorsed, (ii) why processing several words in parallel in reading is implausible and (iii) why attention must be allocated to only one word at a time. Full consideration of these arguments supports the hypothesis that attention is allocated serially during reading.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=61349086120&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tics.2008.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tics.2008.12.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 19223223
AN - SCOPUS:61349086120
SN - 1364-6613
VL - 13
SP - 115
EP - 119
JO - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
IS - 3
ER -