title: Eye movements guided by morphological structure: evidence from the Uighur language.
abstract: It is generally accepted that low-level features (e.g., inter-word spaces) are responsible for saccade-target selection in eye-movement control during reading. In two experiments using Uighur script known for its rich suffixes, we demonstrate that, in addition to word length and launch site, the number of suffixes influences initial landing positions. We also demonstrate an influence of word frequency. These results are difficult to explain purely by low-level guidance of eye movements and indicate that due to properties specific to Uighur script low-level visual information and high-level information such as morphological structure of parafoveal words jointly influence saccade programming.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: mingyan@uni-potsdam.de.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, PR China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, PR China.
authors.forename: Rizwangul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yusupu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chinese Minority Language and Literature, Minzu University of China, PR China.
authors.forename: Dongxia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krügel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: kliegl@uni-potsdam.de.
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kliegl
mesh_terms: D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Eye movements; Landing position; Morphological structure; Uighur