Eye Movements and the Perceptual Span in Older and Younger Readers

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 755-760

  Rayner, Keith ^a   Castelhano, Monica S ^b   Yang, Jinmian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; older and younger readers; perceptual span

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349278697     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014300     Document Type: Article

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