Eye movements and word skipping during reading revisited.
The authors examined word skipping in reading in 2 experiments. In Experiment 1, skipping rates were higher for a preview of a predictable word than for a visually similar nonword, indicating there is full recognition in parafoveal vision. In Experiment 2, foveal load was manipulated by varying the frequency of the word preceding either a 3-letter target word or a misspelled preview. There was again a higher skipping rate for a correct preview and a lower skipping rate when there was a high foveal load, but there was no interaction, and the pattern of effects in fixation times was the same as in the skipping data. Experiment 2 also showed significant skipping of nonwords similar to the target word, indicating skipping based on partial information.
Drieghe
Denis
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Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. denis.drieghe@ugent.be
Rayner
Keith
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Pollatsek
Alexander
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D004585:Electrooculography; D005133:Eye Movements; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011336:Probability; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014825:Vocabulary