%0 Book Section %1 VituMcConkie2000 %A Vitu, Françoise %A McConkie, George W. %B Reading as a perceptual process %C Amsterdam, Netherlands %D 2000 %E Kennedy, Alan %E Radach, Ralph %E Heller, Dieter %E Pynte, Joël %I Elsevier %K oculomotorcontrol reading regressions skipping %P 301--326 %T Regressive saccades and word perception in adult reading. %X Three explanations for the occurrence of regressive eye movements during reading are described. Predictions are derived from one of these, the word identification explanation. These predictions are tested by analyzing a large corpus of eye movement data from 4 adult readers. The likelihood of regressing is directly related to the length of the prior saccade and to the probability the saccade skipped a word. The likelihood of regressing to a skipped word is influenced by variables that affect the perceptibility of that word. The likelihood of making inter- and intra-word regressions are often affected differently by the variables studied, indicating the importance of maintaining this distinction. The results are generally compatible with a word identification explanation of regressions during reading, though this is probably not the only basis on which regressive saccades occur. %& 12

@inbook{VituMcConkie2000, abstract = {Three explanations for the occurrence of regressive eye movements during reading are described. Predictions are derived from one of these, the word identification explanation. These predictions are tested by analyzing a large corpus of eye movement data from 4 adult readers. The likelihood of regressing is directly related to the length of the prior saccade and to the probability the saccade skipped a word. The likelihood of regressing to a skipped word is influenced by variables that affect the perceptibility of that word. The likelihood of making inter- and intra-word regressions are often affected differently by the variables studied, indicating the importance of maintaining this distinction. The results are generally compatible with a word identification explanation of regressions during reading, though this is probably not the only basis on which regressive saccades occur.}, added-at = {2011-10-10T13:04:46.000+0200}, address = {Amsterdam, Netherlands}, author = {Vitu, Françoise and McConkie, George W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28284699c45d21dbec5713109178d681c/tmalsburg}, booktitle = {Reading as a perceptual process}, chapter = 12, editor = {Kennedy, Alan and Radach, Ralph and Heller, Dieter and Pynte, Joël}, interhash = {403300e69fffd91f8d0788864cba83d2}, intrahash = {8284699c45d21dbec5713109178d681c}, keywords = {oculomotorcontrol reading regressions skipping}, pages = {301--326}, publisher = {Elsevier}, timestamp = {2011-10-10T13:04:46.000+0200}, title = {Regressive saccades and word perception in adult reading.}, year = 2000 }