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Chambers, Deborah; Reisberg, Daniel – Cognitive Psychology, 1992
Seven experiments with a total of 480 subjects indicated that subjects visually imaging classical ambiguous figures have difficulty reconstructing the images, and that their construal of the image strongly influences what is depicted within the image. Image content, rather than image inspection, appears to be selective. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Encoding (Psychology), Perception Tests, Visual Perception
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Rayner, Keith – Cognitive Psychology, 1975
Skilled readers read passages while their eye movements were monitored. Certain critical words were changed by the computer as the eye was in motion. Subsequent data indicated how wide the area is from which a reader acquires information during a fixation in silent reading. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Cues, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Higher Education