Effects of load on the time course of attentional engagement, disengagement, and orienting in reading

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-470

  Ghahghaei, Saeideh ^a,b   Linnell, Karina J ^a   Fischer, Martin H ^c,d   Dubey, Amit ^c,e   Davis, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Disengagement; Engagement; Load; Reading; Orienting; Time course; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875324863     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.635795     Document Type: Article

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