Eye movement correlates of reading speed
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Pázmány Péter Catholic University – Semmelweis University, Neurobionics Research Group, Hungary
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2
Szentágothai J. Knowledge Center – Semmelweis University, Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Hungary
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3
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Information Technology, Hungary
The goal of the present study was to investigate the processes of oculomotor control underlying reading speed. To this end we measured eye movements during reading horizontal and vertical Hungarian texts. In agreement with previous research we found that reading vertical texts is approximately half as fast as reading horizontal texts. Analysis of the eye movement data revealed a significant difference in the saccade frequency between the horizontal and vertical reading conditions: subjects made more saccades during reading horizontal texts. Interestingly, it was also found that subjects make more backward saccades during horizontal reading. Furthermore, the amplitudes and peak velocities of the forward and backward saccades are significantly larger during horizontal as compared to vertical reading. These results suggest that changes of different oculomotor components – including saccade amplitude and velocity - underlay experience dependent differences in reading speed.
Keywords:
Sensory and motor activity,
Neuroscience
Conference:
13th Conference of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society (MITT), Budapest, Hungary, 20 Jan - 22 Jan, 2011.
Presentation Type:
Abstract
Topic:
Sensory and motor activity
Citation:
Weiss
B,
Kóbor
I,
Hermann
P,
Gál
V and
Vidnyánszky
Z
(2011). Eye movement correlates of reading speed.
Front. Neurosci.
Conference Abstract:
13th Conference of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society (MITT).
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2011.84.00071
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Received:
03 Mar 2011;
Published Online:
23 Mar 2011.
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Correspondence:
Dr. B. Weiss, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Pázmány Péter Catholic University – Semmelweis University, Neurobionics Research Group, Budapest, Hungary, weiss@itk.ppke.hu