title: Processing of temporal information: evidence from eye movements.
abstract: In two experiments, we recorded eye movements to study how readers monitor temporal order information contained in narrative texts. Participants read short texts containing critical temporal information in the sixth sentence, which could be either consistent or inconsistent with temporal order information given in the second sentence. In Experiment 1, inconsistent sentences yielded more regressions to the second sentence and longer refixations of it. In Experiment 2, this pattern of eye movements was shown only by readers who noticed the inconsistency and were able to report it. Theoretical and methodological implications of the results for research on text comprehension are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. rinck@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinck
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gámez
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Vega
mesh_terms: D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011930:Reaction Time; D013998:Time Perception