Parafoveal magnification: Visual acuity does not modulate the perceptual span in reading

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-728

  Miellet, Sébastien ^a   O'Donnell, Patrick J ^a   Sereno, Sara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; READING; SACCADES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66649132302     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02364.x     Document Type: Article

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