Binocular coordination of the eyes during reading: Word frequency and case alternation affect fixation duration but not fixation disparity

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1614-1625

  Juhasz, Barbara J ^a   Liversedge, Simon P ^b   White, Sarah J ^b   Rayner, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 33746817610     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500497722     Document Type: Article

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