Dunlap, Susan
(2007)
Incidental Reading of Familiar and Unfamiliar Words: An Event-Related Potential Study of English Monolingual and Chinese-English Bilingual Readers.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Reading occurs automatically when words are presented to an adult skilled reader. During a nonreading task, can we find effects of orthography, lexical status, and frequency as evidence of incidental reading occurring automatically? This study used event-related brain potential (ERP) methodology to investigate lexical processing in 12 English monolinguals and 12 Chinese-English bilinguals as they searched for a triangle shape embedded in English and Chinese words and nonwords. We found some effects of orthography, lexicality, and pronounceability, but no effects of frequency. Results suggest that orthographic and some phonological information is processed automatically during passive viewing. Variations on this task can be utilized to minimize decision-related noise in the ERP signal.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
23 January 2007 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
20 June 2006 |
| Approval Date: |
23 January 2007 |
| Submission Date: |
4 December 2006 |
| Access Restriction: |
5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
MS - Master of Science |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
L0; L1; L2 |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12042006-164248/, etd-12042006-164248 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 20:07 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:53 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10013 |
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