[4] Some languages such as Chinese have multiple levels of daily speech that impact frequency of words.
[8] In one study, participants' eye movements were recorded as they scanned single sentence stimuli for topic relevant words.
Reading times were found to be longer when focusing for comprehension due to increased average fixation durations.
Results showed that reading for comprehension rather than scanning for certain words took longer fixations on the text.
Expected or high frequency words exhibit a reduced N400 response at the beginning of the sentence.
[8] This study found that predictable words showed a lower N400 amplitude, but did not find a significant effect of frequency.
In recognition memory, higher-frequency words are more error prone less than lower frequency items.
[14] Module connections are strengthened as words increase in frequency assisting to explain differences in brain processing.
In a study examining the Chinese language, reaction times for target words with a first character that was high frequency was shorter than those with first characters that were low frequency when simply naming the Chinese word.
[3] The quick recognition of a word would potentially be important during a timed written assessment.
[2] As the word frequency effect increased in both languages, total reading time decreased.
Familiarity of the language plays a large role in reacting to the frequency of words.
[2] In several studies, participants read a list of high or low frequency words along with nonwords (or pseudowords).
[16] His experiments demonstrated two findings: Voyer further posits that hemispheric asymmetries may play a role in the word frequency effect.