Periodic letter strokes within a word affect fixation disparity during reading

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Jainta, Stephanie ^a   Jaschinski, Wolfgang ^a   Wilkins, Arnold J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto correlation; Fixation disparity; Fixation duration; Stripes; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; READING; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449244679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.13.2     Document Type: Article

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