Fig 1.
Experiment 1: Mean voice onset latency.
Voice onset latencies are depicted in relation to three different eccentricities and are plotted separately for valid previews and same-shape, different letter (SSDL) masks. Polygons represent 1 SEM. The dark gray polygon above the x-axis schematically indicates the level of salience, i.e., the salience is high if the preview is close to the fixation, but decreases when the preview is farther away from the fixation.
Fig 2.
Experiment 2: Magnified depiction of visual degradation.
Visual degradation was realized by pixel displacement. From left to right, the figure shows examples of 0%, 10% and 20% of pixel displacements, that is, parafoveal previews with high to low salience.
Fig 3.
Experiment 2: Mean voice onset latency.
Voice onset latencies are depicted in relation to the three levels of salience-by-perceptibility and is plotted separately for valid previews and same-shape, different letter (SSDL) masks. The light-gray areas represent 1 SEM. The dark gray polygon above the x-axis indicates the level of salience, i.e., the salience is high if the preview is visually intact (i.e., 0% of the pixels displaced), but decreases when the preview is visually degraded (i.e., when an increasing percentage of pixels is displaced).
Fig 4.
Experiment 3: Mean voice onset latency.
Mean voice onset latencies are depicted in relation to the salience of the preview which was manipulated i.) by eccentricity, that is, the distance from fixation and ii.) by gradually diminishing the visual integrity (i.e., the perceptibility) of the parafoveal preview. The gray polygon above the x-axis illustrates the decreasing salience of the preview with increasing eccentricity. The polygon in the legend illustrates the salience of the preview in relation to its visual integrity. The light-gray areas represent 1 SEM.
Fig 5.
Experiment 4: Gaze duration on the pretarget word in relation to salience.
Gaze durations on the pretarget word are depicted in relation to the salience of the parafoveal preview and are plotted separately for valid previews and same-shape, different letter masks. The light-gray areas represent 1 SEM. The polygon above the x-axis schematically indicates the level of salience.
Fig 6.
Experiment 4: Gaze durations on the target word in relation to salience.
Gaze durations on the target word are depicted in relation to the salience of the parafoveal preview and are plotted separately for valid previews and same-shape, different letter masks. The light-gray areas represent 1 SEM. The polygon above the x-axis schematically indicates the level of salience.
Fig 7.
Experiment 4: Gaze durations on the target word in relation to launch-site distance.
Gaze durations on the target word are depicted in relation to launch-site distance, with valid previews and same-shape, different letter (SSDL) masks plotted by separate lines. The different levels of visual degradation are plotted in separate panels. The light-gray areas represent 1SEM. The polygon above the x-axis (upper left panel) schematically indicates the level of salience.
Fig 8.
Experiment 4: Gaze durations on the target word in relation to preview time.
Gaze durations on the target word are depicted in relation to preview time with valid previews and same-shape, different letter (SSDL) masks plotted by separate lines. The different levels of visual degradation are plotted in separate panels. The light-gray areas represent 1 SEM. The polygon above the x-axis (upper left panel) schematically indicates the level of salience.