title: Reading with peripheral vision: a comparison of reading dynamic scrolling and static text with a simulated central scotoma.
abstract: Horizontally scrolling text is, in theory, ideally suited to enhance viewing strategies recommended to improve reading performance under conditions of central vision loss such as macular disease, although it is largely unproven in this regard. This study investigated if the use of scrolling text produced an observable improvement in reading performed under conditions of eccentric viewing in an artificial scotoma paradigm. Participants (n=17) read scrolling and static text with a central artificial scotoma controlled by an eye-tracker. There was an improvement in measures of reading accuracy, and adherence to eccentric viewing strategies with scrolling, compared to static, text. These findings illustrate the potential benefits of scrolling text as a potential reading aid for those with central vision loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom. Electronic address: zvjt120@live.rhul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011932:Reading; D012607:Scotoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Central vision loss; Eccentric viewing; Eye movements; Reading; Scrolling text; Simulated scotoma paradigm