The perceptual span and peripheral cues in reading

1975/01/01 by Keith Rayner · 1,129 citations
Computer Science · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognitive psychology #Communication #Computer science #Eye movement #Fixation (population genetics) #Fixation point #Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology #Linguistics #Perception #Peripheral vision #Population #Psychology #Reading (process) #Reading and Literacy Development #Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes #Visual perception #Word (group theory)

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(75)90005-5

published in Cognitive Psychology 7(1), 65-81 (Elsevier BV)

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