An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency

Easy-to-read guidelines recommend visual support and lexical simplification to facilitate text processing, but few empirical studies confirm a positive effect from these recommendations in individuals with dyslexia. This study examined the influence of the visual support and lexical simplification o...

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Autores: Rivero Contreras, Miriam, Engelhardt, Paul E., Saldaña Sage, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/138242
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-021-00217-1
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dyslexia
Eye movements
Lexical simplification
Sentence processing
Visual support
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spelling An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequencyRivero Contreras, MiriamEngelhardt, Paul E.Saldaña Sage, DavidDyslexiaEye movementsLexical simplificationSentence processingVisual supportEasy-to-read guidelines recommend visual support and lexical simplification to facilitate text processing, but few empirical studies confirm a positive effect from these recommendations in individuals with dyslexia. This study examined the influence of the visual support and lexical simplification on sentence processing through eye movements at both the text- and word-level, and the differences between readers with and without dyslexia. Furthermore, we explored the influence of reading experience and vocabulary, as control variables. We tested 20 young adults with dyslexia and 20 chronological age-matched controls. Participants read 60 sentences in total. Half the sentences contained an image and the other half did not, and half contained a low-frequency word and half a high-frequency word. Results showed that visual support and lexical simplification facilitated sentence processing, potentially by jointly facilitating lexical semantic access. We also found that participants with lower print exposure and lower vocabulary benefited more from word-level lexical simplification. We conclude that both adaptations could benefit readers with low print exposure and smaller vocabularies, and therefore, to many dyslexic readers who show these characteristics.SpringerPsicología Evolutiva y de la Educación2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/138242https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-021-00217-1reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésAnnals of Dyslexia, 71,1, 170-187.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1382422026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
title An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
spellingShingle An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
Rivero Contreras, Miriam
Dyslexia
Eye movements
Lexical simplification
Sentence processing
Visual support
title_short An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
title_full An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
title_fullStr An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
title_full_unstemmed An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
title_sort An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: effects of visual support and word frequency
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rivero Contreras, Miriam
Engelhardt, Paul E.
Saldaña Sage, David
author Rivero Contreras, Miriam
author_facet Rivero Contreras, Miriam
Engelhardt, Paul E.
Saldaña Sage, David
author_role author
author2 Engelhardt, Paul E.
Saldaña Sage, David
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Dyslexia
Eye movements
Lexical simplification
Sentence processing
Visual support
topic Dyslexia
Eye movements
Lexical simplification
Sentence processing
Visual support
description Easy-to-read guidelines recommend visual support and lexical simplification to facilitate text processing, but few empirical studies confirm a positive effect from these recommendations in individuals with dyslexia. This study examined the influence of the visual support and lexical simplification on sentence processing through eye movements at both the text- and word-level, and the differences between readers with and without dyslexia. Furthermore, we explored the influence of reading experience and vocabulary, as control variables. We tested 20 young adults with dyslexia and 20 chronological age-matched controls. Participants read 60 sentences in total. Half the sentences contained an image and the other half did not, and half contained a low-frequency word and half a high-frequency word. Results showed that visual support and lexical simplification facilitated sentence processing, potentially by jointly facilitating lexical semantic access. We also found that participants with lower print exposure and lower vocabulary benefited more from word-level lexical simplification. We conclude that both adaptations could benefit readers with low print exposure and smaller vocabularies, and therefore, to many dyslexic readers who show these characteristics.
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