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Word processing speed in peripheral vision measured with a saccadic choice task.

Myriam Chanceaux1, Françoise Vitu, Luisa Bendahman

  • 1Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Aix Marseille University and CNRS, Marseille Cedex, France.

Vision Research
|February 7, 2012
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This study measured word processing speed in peripheral vision using a saccadic choice task. Word targets were processed around 200 ms, challenging sequential attention shift models of reading.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual perception

Background:

  • Understanding word processing speed in peripheral vision is crucial for models of reading and visual attention.
  • Previous research utilized animal stimuli to estimate saccade latencies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure word processing speed in peripheral vision using word targets.
  • To compare word processing latencies with those of animal stimuli.
  • To test the compatibility of findings with sequential-attention-shift (SAS) models.

Main Methods:

  • A saccadic choice task (Kirchner & Thorpe, 2006) was employed.
  • Word targets were presented with consonant string distractors in the contralateral visual field.
  • Animal stimuli from the original study were used for replication.

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Main Results:

  • Replication with animal stimuli yielded fastest saccade latencies of 140 ms.
  • Word targets resulted in fastest reliable saccade latencies of approximately 200 ms.
  • Word processing in peripheral vision is faster than predicted by SAS models.

Conclusions:

  • Peripheral word processing occurs at approximately 200 ms.
  • Findings contradict sequential-attention-shift (SAS) theories of eye movement control in reading.
  • This provides a new timing estimate for word processing in peripheral vision.