Text Skimming: The Process and Effectiveness of Foraging Through Text Under Time Pressure

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-242

  Duggan, Geoffrey B ^a   Payne, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comprehension; information foraging; reading; Skimming; time allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; STUDENT; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; READING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049135712     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016995     Document Type: Article

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