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http://leicester.academia.edu/KevinPaterson

Research

The psychology of reading and language understanding: eye movements during reading, psycholinguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, the cognitive neuroscience of reading, and hemispheric processes in visual word recognition.

Selected Recent Publications

• Jordan TR, Fuggetta G, Paterson KB, Kurtev S, Xu M (2011) An ERP Assessment of Hemispheric Projections in Foveal and Extrafoveal Word Recognition. PLoS ONE 6(9): e23957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023957

  Paterson, K. B., Alcock, A., & Liversedge, S. P. (2011). Morphological priming during reading: Evidence from eye movements. Language and Cognitive Processes, 4 & 6, 600-623.

• Almabruk, A. A. A., Paterson, K. B., McGowan, V. A., Jordan, T. R.  (2011) Evaluating Effects of Divided Hemispheric Processing on Word Recognition in Foveal and Extrafoveal Displays: The Evidence from Arabic. PLoS ONE 6(4): e18131. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018131

• Paterson, K. B., & Jordan, T. R. (2010). Effects of increased letter spacing on word identification and eye guidance during reading. Memory & Cognition, 38, 502-512.

• Paterson, K. B., Jordan, T. R., & Kurtev, S. (2009). Binocular fixation disparity in single word displays. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 1961-1968.
• Paterson, K. B., Filik, R., & Moxey, L. M. (2009). Quantifiers and discourse processing. Language and Linguistics Compass, 3, 1390-1402.
• Paterson, K. B., Liversedge, S. P., & Davis, C. J. (2009). Inhibitory neighbor priming effects in eye movements during reading. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16, 43-50.
• Jordan, T. R., & Paterson, K. B. (2009). Re-evaluating split-fovea processing in word recognition: A critical assessment of recent research. Neuropsychologia, 47, 2341–2353.

Recent Conference Presentations

• Paterson, K.B., McGowan, V.A., & Jordan, T.R. (2012). Binocular coordination of young and older adult readers.  Poster presented at meeting of the EPS, Bristol, 11-13 July.

• Paterson, K.B., McGowan, V.A., & Jordan, T.R. (2012). Age-related changes in spatial frequency sensitivity affect eye movements while reading.  Paper presented at 5th Chinese International Conference on Eye Movements, Dalian, China, 1-4 June.

• Paterson, K.B., McGowan, V. A., &  Jordan, T.R. (2012). Spatial frequency filtering reveals age-related differences in reading. Paper presented at meeting of the EPS, London, 5-6 January.

  Liversedge, S.P., Wang, J., Tian, J., Han, W., & Paterson, K.B. (2011). Inhibitory orthographic neighbourhood effects during reading in Chinese. Paper presented at meeting of Psychonomics Society, Seattle, 3-6 November.

  Tian, J., Wang, J., Han, W., Liversedge, S.P., & Paterson, K.B. (2011). Inhibitory orthographic neighbourhood effects during reading in Chinese. Paper presented at ECEM, Marseille, 21-25 August.

  Paterson, K.B., McGowan, V. A., &  Jordan, T.R. (2011). Spatial frequency filtering reveals age-related differences in reading. Paper presented at ECEM, Marseille, 21-25 August.

• Abubaker, A.A.A., McGowan, V. A., White, S.J., Jordan, T.R., & Paterson, K.B. (2011). Reading Arabic text: Effects of word length on landing positions and fixation durations. Poster presented at ECEM, Marseille, 21-25 August.

• Paterson, K.B., Malik, S., McGowan, V. A., White, S.J., & Jordan, T.R. (2011). Asymmetries in the perceptual span of Urdu-English bilinguals. Poster presented at ECEM, Marseille, 21-25 August.

• Almabruk, A. A. A., Paterson, K. B. , & Jordan, T. R. (2010). Hemispheric asymmetries in word recognition: Evidence from Arabic. Paper presented at EPS meeting. Manchester, July 7-9 July.

  Paterson, K. B., McCormick, S., Davis, C. J., & Liversedge, S. P. (2010). Neighbour priming effects in eye movements during reading. Paper presented at the Ist Joint Conference of the EPS and SEPEX. Grenada, April 15-17.

• Sauermann, A., Paterson, K. B., & Filik, R. (2009). Context influences association with focus in reading. Poster presented at the Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Conference, Barcelona, September 7-9.

• Paterson, K. B., Liversedge, S. P., & Davis, C. J. (2009). Lexical priming effects in eye movements during reading. Paper presented at the 15th European Conference on Eye Movements, Southampton, August 23-27.

• Paterson, K. B., Liversedge, S. P., & Alcock, A. (2009). Morphological priming in eye movements during reading. Paper presented at 6th Morphological Processing Conference, Turku, Finland, June 14-17.
• Jordan, T. R., Paterson, K. B., Kurtev, S., & Xu, M. (2009). Evaluating the evidence for split-fovea processing in word recognition. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Leicester, April 15-17.
• Paterson, K. B., Jordan, T. R., Kurtev, S., & Xu, M. (2009). Evidence against split-fovea-processing in word recognition: The long and short of it. Paper presented at Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Leicester, April 15-17.

Current Grants

• British Academy Mid-Career Research Fellowship (2011-2012).
• Grant from the Ulverscroft Foundation to Jordan & Paterson, "Developing Practical Solutions to Reading Impairments". (2007-2013).
• Grant from Leverhulme Trust to Paterson, Filik, & Maltby, "Improving Secondary School Students' Science Text Comprehension". (2011-2013).

Current Research Students

• Abubaker Almabruk - Word Recognition and Reading in Arabic.
• Vicky McGowan - Eye Movements in Reading
• Mengyun Xu - Hemispheric Asymmetries in Word Recognition in Chinese.
• Priyanka Dubey - Hemispheric Asymmetries in Length Effects in Word Recognition.

ESSLLI Lectures 2010

L2 - Quantifier focus

L3 - Semantic interpretation

L4 - Quantifier scope ambiguity

L5 - Acquisition of quantification