A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Reading disappearing text: Why do children refixate words?
Authors: Blythe HI, Haikio T, Bertam R, Liversedge SP, Hyona J
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Publication year: 2011
Journal: Vision Research
Journal name in source: VISION RESEARCH
Journal acronym: VISION RES
Number in series: 1
Volume: 51
Issue: 1
First page : 84
Last page: 92
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.10.003
Abstract
We compared Finnish adults' and children's eye movements on long (8-letter) and short (4-letter) target words embedded in sentences, presented either normally or as disappearing text. When reading disappearing text, where refixations did not provide new information, the 8- to 9-year-old children made fewer refixations but more regressions back to long words compared to when reading normal text. This difference was not observed in the adults or 10- to 11-year-old children. We conclude that the younger children required a second visual sample on the long words, and they adapted their eye movement behaviour when reading disappearing text accordingly. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
We compared Finnish adults' and children's eye movements on long (8-letter) and short (4-letter) target words embedded in sentences, presented either normally or as disappearing text. When reading disappearing text, where refixations did not provide new information, the 8- to 9-year-old children made fewer refixations but more regressions back to long words compared to when reading normal text. This difference was not observed in the adults or 10- to 11-year-old children. We conclude that the younger children required a second visual sample on the long words, and they adapted their eye movement behaviour when reading disappearing text accordingly. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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