Eye movements in reading versus nonreading tasks: Using E-Z Reader to understand the role of word/stimulus familiarity

Visual Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 360-390

  Reichle, Erik D ^a   Rayner, Keith ^b   Pollatsek, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

E Z Reader; Familiarity; Landolt C search; Reading; Saccades; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 84862159593     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2012.667006     Document Type: Article

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