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A Method to Quantify Visual Information Processing in Children Using Eye Tracking
Published on: July 9, 2016
Visual information capture during fixations in reading for children and adults
Hazel I Blythe1, Simon P Liversedge, Holly S S L Joseph
1School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield Southampton, United Kingdom. hib@soton.ac.uk
Abstract:
Two experiments were undertaken to examine whether there is an age-related change in the speed with which readers can capture visual information during fixations in reading. Children's and adults' eye movements were recorded as they read sentences that were presented either normally or as "disappearing text". The disappearing text manipulation had a surprisingly small effect on the children, inconsistent with the notion of an age-related change in the speed with which readers can capture visual information from the page. Instead, we suggest that differences between adults and children are related to the level of difficulty of the sentences for readers of different ages.
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