Spatial coordinates and reading: Comments on Monk (1985)

Subjects are able to process some texts when they are presented, word-by-word, in a single physical location. As differential spatial information is not available in this task, Monk (1985a) argues that it need not be derived in normal reading. We suggest this conclusion is unwarranted, because subje...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Quarterly journal of experimental psychology. A, Human experimental psychology Human experimental psychology, 1987-11, Vol.39 (4), p.649-656
Hauptverfasser:	Kennedy, Alan, Murray, Wayne S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Language Production and perception of written language Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Subjects are able to process some texts when they are presented, word-by-word, in a single physical location. As differential spatial information is not available in this task, Monk (1985a) argues that it need not be derived in normal reading. We suggest this conclusion is unwarranted, because subjects make large and very accurate regressive saccades to regions of previously fixated text. Without a representation of spatial coordinates this should not occur.
ISSN:	0272-4987 1464-0740
DOI:	10.1080/14640748708401807