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Rapid serial visual presentation and the unattractive clause break
Author(s) -
Muncer Steven,
Jandreau Steven,
Polytechnic Teesside
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1991.tb00064.x
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , library science , citation , computer science , medicine , radiology
It is possible to increase reading speeds by the use of rapid serial visual presentation in which text is displayed in the middle of a computer screen one word at a time. We investigated the extent to which this form of reading may mirror reading processes for normal presentations and for speech. The importance of the phrase when reading material presented in standard format is well established (Carpenter and Just 1980; Muncer and Bever 1984). Formats which deliberately accentuate phrases can make reading easier (Jandreau, Muncer and Bever 1986). In experiments on speech processing, the perception of non-linguistic stimuli has been used as evidence that the phrase is a basic unit. Non-linguistic stimuli eg clicks are reported as being in the ‘break’ between clauses more often than in other locations (Bever, Lackner and Kirk 1969: Dalrymple-Alford 1976); the clause boundary appears to ‘attract’ clicks for the listener.