Eye Movement Control in Reading: A Comparison of Two Types of Models

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1188-1200

  Rayner, Keith ^a,d   Raney, Gary E ^b   Sereno, Sara C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030266818     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.5.1188     Document Type: Article

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