A Perceptual-Economy Account for the Inverted-Optimal Viewing Position Effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1220-1249

  Vitu, Françoise ^a   Lancelin, Denis ^b   d'Unienville, Valentine Marrier ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

fixation duration; fixation location; reading; saccade programming; word identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 36048933641     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.5.1220     Document Type: Article

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