Lloyd J, McKelvie S J
Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC, Canada.
J Gen Psychol. 1992 Jul;119(3):229-35. doi: 10.1080/00221309.1992.9917804.
Forty-five subjects read three paragraphs at their normal reading speed and were timed. The first paragraph was presented normally, and the others were shown either with spaces that had been filled in or with spaces that were randomized in size. The subjects' initial reading speed declined with both alterations, but to a greater extent with the filled text. Moreover, the reduction in reading speed was greater for the 10 fastest readers than for the 10 slowest readers. This pattern of performance may reflect a floor effect with slower readers in the filled condition, but the authors interpreted the results as providing further support for Hochberg's peripheral search guidance (PSG; 1970) stage of reading.
45名受试者以正常阅读速度阅读三段文字，并进行计时。第一段文字正常呈现，其他两段文字要么呈现时填补了空格，要么空格大小随机排列。两种改变都使受试者的初始阅读速度下降，但填补空格的文本导致的下降幅度更大。此外，阅读速度下降幅度在10名阅读速度最快的受试者中比在10名阅读速度最慢的受试者中更大。这种表现模式可能反映了在填补空格条件下阅读速度较慢的读者存在下限效应，但作者将结果解释为进一步支持了霍赫贝格的阅读外周搜索引导（PSG；1970）阶段。
