Is there a speed-accuracy trade-off in reading? : the effects of reading speed on word processing and comprehension / vorgelegt von Laura Schwalm aus Oberhausen. Wuppertal, Juni 2025
Content
- DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- ABSTRACT
- CONTENTS
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Reading research in the context of cognitive science
- 1.1.1 Information processing and eye movements in reading
- 1.1.2 Reading comprehension
- 1.1.3 Reading and comprehension in a second language
- 1.2 Speed-accuracy trade-off
- 1.2.1 Speed-accuracy trade-off in cognition and motor control
- 1.2.2 Is there a speed-accuracy trade-off in reading?
- 1.3 Motivation for the dissertation thesis
- 1.4 Overview of the experiments
- 1.4.1 Experiment 1: Effects of reading speeds on word processing and comprehension
- 1.4.2 Experiment 2: Effect of reading speeds in second language readers
- 1.4.3 Experiment 3: Effects of incremental reading speed increase on lexical processing and comprehension monitoring
- 1.4.4 General Methodological Framework
- 2 Experiment 1: Effects of reading speeds on word processing and comprehension
- 3 Experiment 2
- 4 Experiment 3: Effects of incremental reading speed increase on lexical access and comprehension monitoring
- 5 General Discussion
- 5.1 Summary of the results
- 5.2 Linking results
- 5.3 Theoretical and practical implications
- 5.3.1 Theoretical implications for word processing and eye movement control
- 5.3.2 Theoretical implications for high-level processing and comprehension
- 5.3.3 Practical implications
- 5.4 Strengths and limitations
- 5.5 Future directions
- 6 Glossary
- 7 References
- Appendix
- Appendix A Text stimuli & language questionnaire Experiment 1 & 2
- Appendix B Full GLMM Models for Experiment 1
- Appendix C Full GLMM Models for Experiment 2
- Appendix D Model comparison of Experiment 1 and Experiment2
- Appendix E Target word properties (Experiment 3)
- Appendix F Text stimuli Experiment 3
- Appendix G Full GLMM Models for Experiment 3