Word length and landing position effects during reading in children and adults

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作者
Joseph, Holly S. S. L. [1 ]
Liversedge, Simon P. [2 ]
Blythe, Hazel I. [2 ]
White, Sarah J. [3 ]
Rayner, Keith [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, Oxford OX1 3UD, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Sch Psychol, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England
[3] Univ Leicester, Dept Psychol, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[4] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Psychol, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
关键词
Reading; Children; Eye movements; Landing positions; Word length; EYE-MOVEMENT CONTROL; PREPLANNED REFIXATIONS; VISUAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTUAL SPAN; FIXATIONS; FREQUENCY; LOCATION; SACCADES; READERS; TEXT;
D O I
10.1016/j.visres.2009.05.015
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The present study examined the effects of word length on children's eye movement behaviour when other variables were carefully controlled. Importantly, the results showed that word length influenced children's reading times and fixation positions on words. Furthermore, children exhibited stronger word length effects than adults in gaze durations and refixations. Adults and children generally did not differ in initial landing positions, but did differ in refixation behaviour. Overall, the results indicated that while adults and children show similar effects of word length for early measures of eye movement behaviour, differences emerge in later measures. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2078 / 2086
页数:9
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