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

Working Memory

Working Memory

Working memory refers to a combination of components, including short-term memory and attention, that allow an individual to hold information temporarily as we perform cognitive tasks. It is an essential cognitive function that enables the execution of complex tasks such as problem-solving, comprehension, and reasoning. Unlike short-term memory, which simply involves the storage of information for a brief period, working memory involves the active manipulation and processing of this...

Sight Distance in a Vertical Curve

Sight Distance in a Vertical Curve

Sight distance on vertical curves is critical in roadway design. It ensures drivers can see far enough ahead to identify and respond to hazards effectively. This directly impacts safety, driver comfort, and the overall efficiency of the transportation network.Vertical curves are classified into crest and sag curves based on their geometry. For crest curves, sight distance is determined by the line of sight between a driver's eye and a small object on the road's surface. Design parameters for...

You might also read

Related Articles

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

Sort by

Same author

Spatial remapping improves reading with simulated central field loss.

Journal of vision·2026

Same author

Assessment of newly designed fonts for visual accessibility.

PloS one·2026

Same author

Screening Questions to Identify Low Vision and Acuity-Defined Legal Blindness.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science·2026

Same author

VI-OCR: "Visually Impaired" optical character recognition pipeline for text accessibility assessment.

Scientific reports·2025

Same author

The Preferred Retinal Locus for Reading in Central Vision Loss.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science·2025

Same author

Task-specific effects of looming audio: Influences on visual contrast and orientation sensitivity.

Perception·2025

Same journal

Analysis of human visual experience data.

Journal of vision·2026

Same journal

Pyramid-based Bayesian modeling for high-resolution behavioral analysis.

Journal of vision·2026

Same journal

Sensation without perception: The white whale effect and perceptual blindness in autonomous vehicles.

Journal of vision·2026

Same journal

Gaze behavior during closed-captioned movie viewing adapts to absent audio through more frequent switching between text and scene.

Journal of vision·2026

Same journal

In pursuit of saccade awareness: Limited volitional control and minimal conscious access to catch-up saccades during smooth pursuit eye movements.

Journal of vision·2026

Same journal

Dissociable effects of element-lifetime and stimulus-duration on local and global motion processing: An equivalent noise study.

Journal of vision·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Feb 21, 2026

Author Spotlight: Exploring the Link Between Time Perception of Visual Stimuli and Reading Skills

Author Spotlight: Exploring the Link Between Time Perception of Visual Stimuli and Reading Skills

Published on: January 19, 2024

Linking crowding, visual span, and reading.

Yingchen He¹, Gordon E Legge¹

¹Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.

Journal of Vision

|October 4, 2017

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Distributed training, not flankers, improves reading speed by enhancing the visual span. This suggests attentional factors, not just sensory ones, limit reading efficiency.

More Related Videos

Development of a Gaze-Contingent Display Framework Designed for Perceptual and Oculomotor Research with Simulated Central Vision Loss

Development of a Gaze-Contingent Display Framework Designed for Perceptual and Oculomotor Research with Simulated Central Vision Loss

Published on: April 11, 2025

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

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Feb 21, 2026

Author Spotlight: Exploring the Link Between Time Perception of Visual Stimuli and Reading Skills

Author Spotlight: Exploring the Link Between Time Perception of Visual Stimuli and Reading Skills

Published on: January 19, 2024

Development of a Gaze-Contingent Display Framework Designed for Perceptual and Oculomotor Research with Simulated Central Vision Loss

Development of a Gaze-Contingent Display Framework Designed for Perceptual and Oculomotor Research with Simulated Central Vision Loss

Published on: April 11, 2025

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

Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Vision Science

Background:

Reading speed is limited by the visual span, with crowding considered a key factor.
Previous training studies showed reduced crowding but no reading speed improvement, questioning the direct link.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how spatial arrangement and flankers in letter-recognition training affect reading speed.
To determine the conditions under which training benefits transfer to improved reading performance.

Main Methods:

Three groups of young adults underwent distinct letter-recognition training protocols (flanked-local, flanked-distributed, isolated-distributed).
Training stimuli were presented at 10° in the lower visual field.
Crowding, visual span, and reading speed were assessed post-training.

Main Results:

Distributed training (both flanked and isolated) led to significant improvements in reading speed.
Training with flankers did not enhance reading speed compared to distributed training without flankers.
Localized training failed to improve reading speed, possibly due to attentional bias.

Conclusions:

The visual span is a sensory bottleneck, but attentional factors also limit reading.
Distributed training is crucial for improving reading speed by potentially overcoming attentional biases.
Reducing crowding's impact benefits reading only when attentional biases are not present.