Eye movements, the perceptual span, and reading speed

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 834-839

  Rayner, Keith ^a   Slattery, Timothy J ^a   Bélanger, Nathalie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; READING; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 78651259012     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.6.834     Document Type: Article

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