Development of the letter identity span in reading: Evidence from the eye movement moving window paradigm

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-181

  Häikiö, Tuomo ^a   Bertram, Raymond ^a   Hyönä, Jukka ^a   Niemi, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Eye movements; Finnish; Moving window; Parafovea; Perceptual span; Reading development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; READING; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549119580     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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