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Coming Up Next: The Extent of the Perceptual Window in Comic Reading
Clare Kirtley1, Christopher Murray2, Phillip B Vaughan3
1School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen.
Cognitive Science
|November 20, 2025
Summary
Readers use peripheral vision to predict upcoming comic panels, even those not directly in view. This study shows readers utilize information from at least two panels ahead, impacting comic reading models.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Visual Cognition
- Media Studies
Background:
- Sequential narrative models propose readers predict future content.
- Prior research focused on predictions based solely on currently viewed information.
- The role of peripheral information in comic reading remains underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the extent to which readers utilize information from un-fixated panels in comic stories.
- To determine if peripheral visual information influences reading behavior in sequential narratives.
Main Methods:
- Employed the moving-window paradigm to assess reading disruption.
- Conducted experiments on both short comic strips and multi-page comics.
- Manipulated the availability of upcoming (peripheral) panels during reading.
Main Results:
- Reading behavior was significantly disrupted when peripheral information was unavailable.
- Disruptions persisted even when only partial peripheral information was accessible.
- Readers demonstrated reliance on information from at least two panels ahead of their current fixation.
Conclusions:
- Readers actively use peripheral information from upcoming panels in comic stories.
- Findings suggest current models of sequential narrative comprehension may need refinement.
- Peripheral information plays a crucial role in the PINS (Peripheral Information in Narrative Sequencing) model of comic reading.
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