Eye Movement Control During Reading: Effects of Word Frequency and Orthographic Familiarity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-223

  White, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eye movements; models of eye movement control in reading; orthography; reading; word frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; READING;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 39449115700     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.1.205     Document Type: Article

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