Accelerating reading via local priming

Goni Viterbo, Tami Katzir, Liat Goldfarb

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Abstract

Visual nonlinguistic local and global priming can change one's state of mind and influence other upcoming tasks. Reading involves both detailed and higher-level global processing. Little is known about the effects of visual non-linguistic priming on lower level processing of words, as well as about the potentially higher-level processing of written information. In two experiments, the effects of global versus local priming on single word reading (Experiment 1) as well as text reading (Experiment 2) were investigated in adults. The results revealed facilitation effects of local priming on single word reading as well as on text reading rate, with no impairment of reading accuracy and comprehension. These novel results are further interpreted within different cognitive and neurological frameworks. In addition, clinical and research implications for the local/global attention and reading domain are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103056
JournalActa Psychologica
Volume205
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2020

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© 2020 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • Accelerating reading
  • Attention reading
  • Global priming
  • Local prime

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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