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Peer reviewedDen Buurman, Rudy; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1981
Reports on a study in which a display system controlled by eye movements of the reader was used to identify the area in a text from which information is collected during silent reading. Results indicated a perceptual span of 25 to 31 character positions for adult subjects. (MKM)
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Higher Education, Perception
Peer reviewedUnderwood, N. R.; McConkie, G. W. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Fifteen college students read passages from a cathode-ray tube as their eye movements were monitored in a study that investigated the size of the visual region within which they used visual information to distinguish among letters as they read. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Students, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRoller, Cathy M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Describes four experiments that examined the influence of an information units' category membership, normative importance, and goal-relatedness on its perceived importance. Results suggest that category membership and goal-relatedness did affect perceptions of importance.(HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Influences, Information Processing, Knowledge Level
