scholarly journals Effect of letter spacing on legibility, eye movements, and reading speed

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 994-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-C. Tai ◽  
J. Sheedy ◽  
J. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Eye Movements And Reading

EFFECT OF MONOVISION CONTACT LENSES ON READING EYE MOVEMENTS, READING SPEED AND COMPREHENSION.

2002 ◽  
Vol 79 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 292
Author(s):  
Sandy Johal ◽  
Nazima Sangha ◽  
Bradley Coffey ◽  
Peter Bergenske ◽  
Patrick Caroline
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Reading Speed

Eye Movements and Reading: What Teachers Need to Know

2011 ◽  
pp. 25-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Samuels ◽  
Timothy Rasinski ◽  
Elfrieda Hiebert
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Eye Movements And Reading

Does Inverting Text Improve Reading Performance in Homonymous Hemianopes?

Perception ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 77-77
Author(s):  
M R Baker ◽  
J Henderson ◽  
A Hill
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Visual Field Loss ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Sensory Level ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
Cognitive Component ◽  
The Right

Anecdotal information from rehabilitation practice of reading performance and low-vision practice suggests that where right homonymous parafoveal field loss impairs reading at the visual-sensory level, an improvement in reading speed can be achieved by inverting the text. This is because whilst left-field loss is considered to impair return eye movements to the beginning of a line, right-field loss is considered to reduce the spatial size of the perceptual window and increase its temporal extent by prolonging fixations times, reducing the amplitudes of saccades to the right, and introducing frequent regressive saccades. Inverting the text was thought to reverse these effects as the leading edge of the perceptual window is ‘returned’ to the sighted field so that in-line saccades can be visually guided. Here we report that this does not appear to be the case. In our study we measured the eye movements of patients with right homonymous hemianopia and others with peripheral loss due to retinitis pigmentosa as well as normal controls using an infrared video eye-tracker. All groups display a similar proportional prolongation of fixations times, reduction of saccadic amplitude, and proportion of regressive saccades when asked to read inverted text, which suggests a cognitive component of impairment independent of visual field loss in right homonymous hemianopes.

Reading with Visual Field Defects

Perception ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 11-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Trauzettel-Klosinski
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Visual Field ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Visual Fields ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Visual Field Defects ◽  
Video Tape ◽  
Field Defects

The influence of different visual field defects on the reading performance was examined with potential adaptive strategies to improve the reading process in mind. By means of an SLO, the retinal fixation locus (RFL) was determined with the use of single targets and text, and eye movements scanning the text were recorded on video tape. Additionally, eye movements were monitored by an Infrared Limbus Tracker. Visual fields were assessed by the Tübingen Manual and/or automatic perimetry. Normal subjects, and patients with central scotomata, ring scotomata, and hemianopic field defects (HFD) were examined. The main pathological reading parameters were an increase of saccade frequency and regressions per line, and a decrease of reading speed. In patients with field defects involving the visual field centre, fixation behaviour is significant for regaining reading ability. In absolute central scotoma, the lost foveal function promotes eccentric fixation. The remaining problem is insufficient resolution of the RFL, which can be compensated for by magnification of the text. In patients with insufficient size of their reading visual field, due to HFD and ring scotoma, it is crucial that they learn to use a new RFL despite intact foveolar function. Preconditions for reading have been found to be: (1) sufficient resolution of the RFL, (2) a reading visual field of a minimum extent, and (3) intact basic oculomotor function. In patients with visual field defects involving the centre, a sensory-motor adaptation process is required: the use of a new RFL as the new centre of the visual field and as the new zero point for eye-movement coordinates.

Eye Movements and Reading with Large Print and Optical Magnifiers in Macular Disease

2001 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 325-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEX R. BOWERS ◽  
JAN E. LOVIE-KITCHIN ◽  
and RUSSELL L. WOODS
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Eye Movements And Reading ◽  
Macular Disease

scholarly journals Universality in eye movements and reading: A trilingual investigation

Cognition ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon P. Liversedge ◽  
Denis Drieghe ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Guoli Yan ◽  
Xuejun Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Eye Movements And Reading

scholarly journals Reading Speed, Comprehension and Eye Movements While Reading Japanese Novels: Evidence from Untrained Readers and Cases of Speed-Reading Trainees

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. e36091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromitsu Miyata ◽  
Yasuyo Minagawa-Kawai ◽  
Shigeru Watanabe ◽  
Toyofumi Sasaki ◽  
Kazuhiro Ueda
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Speed Reading
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