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Steinfeld, George J.; Greaves, Sally – Journal of General Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Error Patterns, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements
Underwood, N. R.; McConkie, G. W. – 1983
A study investigated the size of the perceptual span within which adults use visual information to distinguish among letters as they read. The eye movements of fifteen college students were monitored as they read passages from a cathode-ray tube. On occasional fixations, letters in specified visual regions were replaced by other letters. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements