The mechanism of word satiation in Tibetan reading: Evidence from eye movements

  • Xuling Li Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Man Zeng Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Lei Gao Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Shan Li Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Zibei Niu Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Danhui Wang Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Tianzhi Li Tibet University, Lhasa
  • Xuejun Bai Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin
  • Xiaolei Gao Tibet University, Lhasa
Keywords: Tibetan reading, word satiation, eye tracking, semantic satiation

Abstract

Two eye-tracking experiments were used to investigate the mechanism of word satiation in Tibetan reading. The results revealed that, at a low repetition level, gaze duration and total fixation duration in the semantically unrelated condition were significantly longer than in the semantically related condition; at a medium repetition level, reaction time in the semantically related condition was significantly longer than in the semantically unrelated condition; at a high repetition level, the total fixation duration and reaction time in the semantically related condition were significantly longer than in the semantically unrelated condition. However, fixation duration and reaction time showed no significant difference between the similar and dissimilar orthography at any repetition level. These findings imply that there are semantic priming effects in Tibetan reading at a low repetition level, but semantic satiation effects at greater repetition levels, which occur in the late stage of lexical processing.
Published
2022-11-01
How to Cite
Li, X., Zeng, M., Gao, L., Li, S., Niu, Z., Wang, D., Li, T., Bai, X., & Gao, X. (2022). The mechanism of word satiation in Tibetan reading: Evidence from eye movements. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.15.5.3
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