Interword spacing and landing position effects during Chinese reading in children and adults

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 720-734

  Zang, Chuanli ^a   Liang, Feifei ^a   Bai, Xuejun ^a   Yan, Guoli ^a   Liversedge, Simon P ^b  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children, eye movements; Interword spacing; Landing positions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881089021     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030097     Document Type: Article

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