title: Eye-movement patterns of readers with down syndrome during sentence-processing: an exploratory study.
abstract: Eye movements were examined to determine how readers with Down syndrome process sentences online. Participants were 9 individuals with Down syndrome ranging in reading level from Grades 1 to 3 and a reading-level-matched control group. For syntactically simple sentences, the pattern of reading times was similar for the two groups, with longer reading times found at sentence end. This "wrap-up" effect was also found in the first reading of more complex sentences for the control group, whereas it only emerged later for the readers with Down syndrome. Our results provide evidence that eye movements can be used to investigate reading in individuals with Down syndrome and underline the need for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France. Cheryl.Frenck-Mestre@univ-provence.fr
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frenck-Mestre
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zardan
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colas
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D012016:Reference Values; D012438:Saccades; D012660:Semantics; D055815:Young Adult