Effect of letter spacing on visual span and reading speed

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Yu, Deyue ^a,b   Cheung, Sing Hang ^c   Legge, Gordon E ^a   Chung, Susana T L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Letter spacing; Reading speed; Visual crowding; Visual span

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 33846881603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.2.2     Document Type: Article

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