Eye movements when reading disappearing text: The importance of the word to the right of fixation. Rayner, K.; Liversedge, S. P.; and White, S. J. Vision Research, 46(3):310–323, February, 2006.
Paper doi abstract bibtex In a series of experiments, the currently fixated word (word n) and/or the word to the right of fixation (word n+1) either disappeared or was masked during readers’ eye fixations. Consistent with prior research, when only word n disappeared or was masked, there was little disruption to reading. However, when word n+1 either disappeared or was masked (either at the onset of fixation on word n or after 60ms), there was considerable disruption to reading. Independent of whether word n and/or word n+1 disappeared or was masked, there were robust frequency effects on the fixation on word n. These results not only confirm the robust influence of cognitive/linguistic processing on fixation times in reading, but also again confirm the importance of preprocessing the word to the right of fixation for fluent reading.
@article{rayner_eye_2006,
title = {Eye movements when reading disappearing text: {The} importance of the word to the right of fixation},
volume = {46},
issn = {0042-6989},
shorttitle = {Eye movements when reading disappearing text},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698905003068},
doi = {10.1016/j.visres.2005.06.018},
abstract = {In a series of experiments, the currently fixated word (word n) and/or the word to the right of fixation (word n+1) either disappeared or was masked during readers’ eye fixations. Consistent with prior research, when only word n disappeared or was masked, there was little disruption to reading. However, when word n+1 either disappeared or was masked (either at the onset of fixation on word n or after 60ms), there was considerable disruption to reading. Independent of whether word n and/or word n+1 disappeared or was masked, there were robust frequency effects on the fixation on word n. These results not only confirm the robust influence of cognitive/linguistic processing on fixation times in reading, but also again confirm the importance of preprocessing the word to the right of fixation for fluent reading.},
language = {en},
number = {3},
urldate = {2020-02-27},
journal = {Vision Research},
author = {Rayner, Keith and Liversedge, Simon P. and White, Sarah J.},
month = feb,
year = {2006},
keywords = {Disappearing text, Eye movements, Fixation durations, Reading, Saccades},
pages = {310--323}
}