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The Effects of Spatial Attention on Visual Word Recognition

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2020, v.32 no.4, pp.305-318
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2020.32.4.002


& (2020). The Effects of Spatial Attention on Visual Word Recognition. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 32(4), 305-318, https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2020.32.4.002

Abstract

In this study, we examined the effects of spatial attention on visual word recognition. A valid cue was presented at the location where target stimuli would appear (valid trials) and an invalid cue was presented at the location where target stimuli would not appear (invalid trials). As an index of spatial attention, the cuing effect was calculated as the difference in the performance of word recognition between the valid trials and the invalid trials. We investigated whether the cuing effects appeared in visual word recognition tasks, such as naming and lexical decision tasks and whether the magnitude of the cuing effects varies depending on word frequency. As a result, the cuing effects were observed both in the naming and lexical decision tasks, and the magnitude of the effects was similar across the tasks. It indicates that spatial attention affects visual word recognition. The cuing effects were greater in the accuracy of low-frequency words than in those of high-frequency words. That is, the effects of spatial attention were more pronounced in low-frequency words. The results were discussed in terms of the word processing model.

keywords
공간주의, 단어재인, 단어빈도, 단서효과, 한글, spatial attention, word recognition, word frequency, cuing effect, Hangul

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