Eye Movements and the Use of Parafoveal Word Length Information in Reading

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1560-1579

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

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; parafoveal length information; reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; READING; SEMANTICS; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; READING; SEMANTICS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 57749178231     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012319     Document Type: Article

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