The role of eye movements in the missing-letter effect revisited with the rapid serial visual presentation procedure

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Saint Aubin, Jean ^a   Kenny, Sophie ^a   Roy Charland, Annie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Letter search; Missing letter effect; Rapid serial visual presentation; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77952615261     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016850     Document Type: Article

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