Do Chinese Readers Obtain Preview Benefit From Word n + 2? Evidence From Eye Movements

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1192-1204

  Yang, Jinmian ^a   Wang, Suiping ^b   Xu, Yimin ^b   Rayner, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese reading; eye movements; parafoveal preview benefit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RETINA FOVEA; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

CHINA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; READING; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 69049118057     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013554     Document Type: Article

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