Reading Span Test for Brazilian Portuguese: An Eye-Tracking Implementation

Riascos, Jaime A.; Brugger, Arthur M.; Borges, Priscila; da Luz Fontes, Ana B. Arêas; Barone, Dante C.

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Reading Span Test for Brazilian Portuguese: An Eye-Tracking Implementation

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Abstract

The Reading Span Test (RST) is an instrument created for assessing verbal working memory capacity. Since its first version, the RST has undergone several modifications, including translations to different languages. This work aims to create a version of a standardized RST in Brazilian Portuguese. In addition, an implementation for eye-tracking devices on the RST is presented. Two reading conditions, aloud and silent, were compared to ensure optimal methodology for future studies. Significant differences were found between the two reading conditions, and distinct reading strategies were revealed by the eye-tracker.

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Reading Span Test
Eye-tracking
Working Memory
Brazilian Portuguese

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Special thanks to FAURGS - Petrobras by the support through the Annelida research project (8147-7). The first author would like to thank to the SDAS Research Group (www.sdas-group.com) for its valuable support and the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) for the support through the travel grant.

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CONCYS, Institute of Informatics, Federal University Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Jaime A. Riascos, Arthur M. Brugger & Dante C. Barone
University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Priscila Borges
LABICO, School of Languages and Literature, Federal University Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Ana B. Arêas da Luz Fontes
SDAS Research Group, Ibarra, Ecuador
Jaime A. Riascos
Corporación Universitaria Autnoma de Nariño, Pasto, Colombia
Jaime A. Riascos

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Riascos, J.A., Brugger, A.M., Borges, P., da Luz Fontes, A.B.A., Barone, D.C. (2019). Reading Span Test for Brazilian Portuguese: An Eye-Tracking Implementation. In: Cota, V., Barone, D., Dias, D., Damázio, L. (eds) Computational Neuroscience. LAWCN 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1068. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36636-0_8

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