title: Effects of contextual constraint on eye movements in reading: A further examination.
abstract: The effect of contextual constraint on eye movements in reading was examined by asking subjects to read sentences that contained a target word that varied in contextual constraint; high-, medium-, or low-constraint target words were used. Subjects fixated low-constraint target words longer than they did either high- or medium-constraint target words. In addition, they skipped high-constraint words more than they did either medium- or low-constraint target words. The results further confirm that contextual constraint has a strong influence on eye movements during reading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, rayner@psych.umass.edu.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rayner
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Well