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Eye movements in reading and information processing: 20 years of research

Rayner, Keith·1998·Psychological Bulletin

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Recent studies of eye movements in reading and other information processing tasks, such as music reading, typing, visual search, and scene perception, are reviewed. The major emphasis of the review is on reading as a specific example of cognitive processing. Basic topics discussed with respect to reading are (a) the characteristics of eye movements, (b) the perceptual span, (c) integration of information across saccades, (d) eye movement control, and (e) individual differences (including dyslexia). Similar topics are discussed with respect to the other tasks examined. The basic theme of the review is that eye movement data reflect moment-to-moment cognitive processes in the various tasks examined. Theoretical and practical considerations concerning the use of eye movement data are also discussed.

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    “As Nummenmaa and colleagues (2006) note, reflexive saccades typical of purely exogenous capture (e.g., resulting from the sudden onset of a stimulus with a sharply contrasting basic feature) have a latency of 150 to 175 ms (Rayner, 1998).”

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Authors
Rayner, K.
Affiliations
University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
Corresponding author
Rayner, Keith
Venue
Psychological Bulletin
Published
1998-11
Volume
124
Issue
3
Pages
372-422
ISSN
  • 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1455
OpenAlex
W2013112874
Cited by
7,979
References
745
Citations by year
2026: 395 · 2025: 428 · 2024: 351 · 2023: 354 · 2022: 420 · 2021: 394 · 2020: 433 · 2019: 466 · 2018: 426 · 2017: 343 · 2016: 445 · 2015: 384 · 2014: 437 · 2013: 415 · 2012: 389
FWCI
63.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5k05mh001255-05)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH 01255)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD26765, R01HD017246, HD-17246)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Keywords
eye movements, reading, perceptual span, saccades, oculomotor control, individual differences, dyslexia, music reading, typing, visual search, scene perception, cognitive processes
MeSH terms
Cognition, Humans, Mental Processes, Reading, Saccades

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