"Risky reading" in older adults: Investigating the underlying mechanisms and consequences for comprehension

研究认为，年长的读者(他们有更多的阅读经验)通过使用一种“有风险的”阅读策略来弥补他们对文本处理速度较慢的影响。在这种策略中，他们比年轻人更有可能利用先前的上下文和只有部分构词法来推断即将到来的单词的身份。为了研究单词层面的加工深度，泰明德将考察在不完全加工单个单词的意义上与年龄有关的差异。该方法将调查老年人的冒险阅读与文字加工深度(通过检测语义异常来索引)之间的关系，以及信息结构对这一过程的影响，即异常单词是否处于焦点中。关键的方法将是阅读过程中的眼球跟踪，结合异常检测措施和解释措施。

It is argued that older readers (who have greater experience with reading) compensate for their slower processing of text by employing a "risky" reading strategy in which they are more likely than younger adults to infer the identities of upcoming words using prior context and only partial word formation.To investigate the depth of processing at word level, Taminder will examine age-related differences in incomplete processing of the meanings of individual words. The approach will be to investigate the relationship between risky reading in older adults and depth of word processing (as indexed by detection of semantic anomalies), as well as the influence of information structure on this process, that is, whether the anomalous word is in focus or not. The key methodology will be eye-tracking during reading, combined with measures of anomaly detection, and measures of interpretation.