作動記憶容量と文章理解時の眼球運動の関係

Working Memory Capacity and Eye Movement on Comprehension in Reading

Yamada Kyoko

Chujo Kazumitsu

広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要. 第三部, 教育人間科学関連領域

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part 3, Education and human science

This study attempted to establish the relationship between text reading strategies and working memory capacity. Specifically, we sought to determine if low span readers use strategies to compensate for low working memory capacity. The participants were 44 university students. The working memory span of each student was measured using the Japanese version of the Reading Span Test (RST). Next, the participants read an unfamiliar text and a familiar text followed by a comprehension test. As they read, their eye movements were measured using an eye mark recorder. Finally, the participant field was reduced to 18, including 9 high span readies and 9 low span readers. Low span readers showed more frequent short-duration eye fixation remarkably when read the forequarter of unfamiliar text than high span readers. This suggests that low span readers use compensatory strategies to reduce the demands placed to working memory.

working memory capacity

text comprehension

reading, eye movement

作動記憶容量

文章理解

読み

眼球運動

Psychology [ 140 ]

jpn

広島大学大学院教育学研究科

[ISSN] 1346-5562

[NCID] AA11625039