Orthographic familiarity influences initial eye fixation positions in reading

Liversedge, S.; White, S.J.

doi:10.1080/09541440340000204

Orthographic familiarity influences initial eye fixation positions in reading

Liversedge, S.; White, S.J.

Authors

S. Liversedge

S.J. White

Contributors

Claus Bundesen
Editor

Abstract

An important issue in the understanding of eye movements in reading is what kind of nonfoveal information can influence where we move our eyes. In Experiment 1, first fixation landing positions were nearer the beginning of misspelled words. Experiment 2 showed that the informativeness of word beginnings does not influence where words are first fixated. In both experiments, refixations were more likely to be to the left of the initial fixation position if the words were misspelled. Also, there was no influence of spelling on prior fixation durations or refixation probabilities, that is, there was no evidence for parafoveal-on-foveal effects. The results show that the orthographic familiarity, but not informativeness, of word initial letter sequences influences where words are first fixated.

Citation

Liversedge, S., & White, S. (2004). Orthographic familiarity influences initial eye fixation positions in reading. European journal of cognitive psychology, 16(1-2), 52 - 78. https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440340000204

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2004
Deposit Date	Mar 23, 2007
Journal	European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Print ISSN	0954-1446
Electronic ISSN	1464-0635
Publisher	Psychology Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	16
Issue	1-2
Pages	52 - 78
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440340000204