Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Accessory Structures of the Eye

Accessory Structures of the Eye

Optical perception, or vision, is an extraordinary sense dependent on converting light signals received via the ocular organs. These organs, known as eyes, are securely positioned within the bony cavities of the skull, called orbits. The orbits serve a dual purpose: a protective shield for the ocular globes and a stable attachment point for the soft ocular tissues. The eye's external protective mechanisms include the eyelids, which are edged with lashes that act as a barrier against foreign...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Unraveling the Complexity of Multilingual Comprehension: Neuroimaging and Linguistic Profiling in 700+ Adults.

Scientific data·2026

Same author

Digital MULTIMAP: a standardization of objects and actions naming task in a french population.

Acta neurochirurgica·2026

Same author

Contralesional grey matter volume as an index of macrostructural plasticity in patients with brain tumors.

NeuroImage·2026

Same author

Correction: Electrophysiological correlates of cognitive reserve in healthy older adults at different cognitive states.

Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience·2026

Same author

Processing argument structure in mild, non-fluent aphasia: Preliminary findings from contrasting Spanish with Basque and English.

International journal of speech-language pathology·2026

Same author

Perceptual similarity and clustering in braille letter recognition.

Cognitive research: principles and implications·2026

Same journal

EXPRESS: Age-related Differences in Recognition Memory for Discourse: The Case of Modified Words, Competitors, and Related Lures.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2026

Same journal

EXPRESS: Exaggerated Self-Referencing in Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2026

Same journal

EXPRESS: Post-Error Adjustments: The role of Response Stimulus Intervals and error placement.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2026

Same journal

Mitigating the Low Prevalence Effect: Role of Removing Explicit "Target-Absent" Responses in Visual Search.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2026

Same journal

Visual Selection Is Spatially Constrained During Working Memory Consolidation.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2026

Same journal

Cross-Phoneme Generalisation of Dimension-Based Statistical Learning for Stop Voicing: Probing Subject Design and Word Frame Effects.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 24, 2026

Eye-tracking to Distinguish Comprehension-based and Oculomotor-based Regressive Eye Movements During Reading

Eye-tracking to Distinguish Comprehension-based and Oculomotor-based Regressive Eye Movements During Reading

Published on: October 18, 2018

Eye movements when reading text messaging (txt msgng).

Manuel Perea¹, Joana Acha, Manuel Carreiras

¹Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)

|April 17, 2009

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Reading Short Message Service (SMS) language, even for skilled texters, slows down comprehension. Phonological abbreviations in SMS cause a greater reading cost than orthographic ones.

More Related Videos

Using Eye Movements to Evaluate the Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension

Using Eye Movements to Evaluate the Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension

Published on: January 10, 2014

Loneliness Assuaged: Eye-Tracking an Audience Watching Barrage Videos

Loneliness Assuaged: Eye-Tracking an Audience Watching Barrage Videos

Published on: May 29, 2020

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 24, 2026

Eye-tracking to Distinguish Comprehension-based and Oculomotor-based Regressive Eye Movements During Reading

Eye-tracking to Distinguish Comprehension-based and Oculomotor-based Regressive Eye Movements During Reading

Published on: October 18, 2018

Using Eye Movements to Evaluate the Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension

Using Eye Movements to Evaluate the Cognitive Processes Involved in Text Comprehension

Published on: January 10, 2014

Loneliness Assuaged: Eye-Tracking an Audience Watching Barrage Videos

Loneliness Assuaged: Eye-Tracking an Audience Watching Barrage Videos

Published on: May 29, 2020

Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Mobile phone technology has significantly altered communication patterns, especially among younger demographics.
Short Message Service (SMS) language has emerged, featuring orthographic and phonological abbreviations.
Understanding the cognitive impact of SMS language on reading is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the reading process of SMS language by analyzing eye movements.
To compare reading costs associated with orthographic versus phonological abbreviations in SMS.
To assess the impact of SMS language expertise on reading comprehension.

Main Methods:

Eye-tracking methodology was employed to monitor reading patterns.
Participants included skilled 'texters' who regularly use SMS language.
Reading of SMS sentences was compared against normally written sentences.

Main Results:

A significant reading cost, both local and global, was observed in skilled SMS users.
Phonological abbreviations (e.g., 'u' for 'you') incurred a greater reading cost than orthographic abbreviations (e.g., 'wk' for 'week').
Expertise in SMS language did not eliminate the reading cost.

Conclusions:

Despite fluency in SMS language, readers experience cognitive load.
Phonological abbreviations present a greater challenge to reading efficiency than orthographic ones.
The study highlights the trade-offs between communication efficiency and reading ease in digital language.