Reading with eccentric fixation is faster in inferior visual field than in left visual field

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-39

  Petre, Keziah Latham ^a   Hazel, Charlotte A ^a   Fine, Elisabeth M ^b,c   Rubin, Gary S ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Schepens Eve Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric fixation; Meridian; Peripheral vision; Preferred retinal locus; Reading

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

PERIPHERAL VISION; READING;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0033967625     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200001000-00011     Document Type: Article

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