The effects of frequency and predictability on eye fixations in reading: Implications for the E-Z reader model

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 720-732

  Rayner, Keith ^a   Ashby, Jane ^a   Pollatsek, Alexander ^a   Reichte, Erik D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 3242793460     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.30.4.720     Document Type: Article

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