Effects of visual span on reading speed and parafoveal processing in eye movements during sentence reading

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Risse, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crowding; Eyetracking; Parafoveal vision; Preview benefit; Reading; Reading speed; Visual span profiles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CROWDING (AREA); EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYETRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAFOVEAL VISION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVIEW BENEFIT; READING; READING SPEED; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SPAN PROFILES; YOUNG ADULT;

CROWDING; EYETRACKING; PARAFOVEAL VISION; PREVIEW BENEFIT; READING; READING SPEED; VISUAL SPAN PROFILES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; READING; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905169539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.8.11     Document Type: Article

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