Reading Flashcards
1
Q
Eye movements involved in reading
A
Fixations
Saccades
2
Q
What affects reading rate
A
Fixations Regressions Span of recognition Perceptual span Fixation duration
3
Q
Interval in rewarding a line of print during which the eye is held relatively stationary for a short time and during which perception takes place
A
Reading fixations
4
Q
Where do we fixate on a word
A
About 1/3 of the way into the word
5
Q
How are the fovea/parafovea used for reading?
A
Resolution critical to recognition of print
6
Q
With para central scotoma, reading rate is impaired
A
Central scotoma>right > left
7
Q
Dyslexia is an auditory disorder. There is 2 types
A
Language deficient (cant sound out words) Visual partial (cant remember a word they have learned)
8
Q
Regressions are
A
Backward fixations
9
Q
Span of recognition
A
Amount of print that one can perceive and process with each fixation #words/#fixation
