Using E-Z reader to model the effects of higher level language processing on eye movements during reading

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Reichle, Erik D ^a   Warren, Tessa ^a   McConnell, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); REACTION TIME; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SACCADES; SEMANTICS;

EID: 60849093539     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.1.1     Document Type: Review

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