Don't believe what you read (Only Once): Comprehension is supported by regressions during reading

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1218-1226

  Schotter, Elizabeth R ^a   Tran, Randy ^a   Rayner, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Eye movements; Reading

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; READING; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SACCADES;

EID: 84904719701     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614531148     Document Type: Article

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