Eye movement control in reading unspaced text: the case of the Japanese script

The present study examines the landing-site distributions of the eyes during natural reading of Japanese script: a script that mixes three different writing systems (Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana) and that misses regular spacing between words. The results show a clear preference of the eyes to land...

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Published in:	Vision research (Oxford) Vol. 41; no. 19; pp. 2503 - 2510
Main Authors:	Kajii, Natsumi, Nazir, Tatjana A., Osaka, Naoyuki
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2001 Elsevier Science Elsevier
Subjects:	Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences Cognitive science Computer science Cues Eye movement control Fixation, Ocular - physiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Japan Japanese script Language Neuroscience Production and perception of written language Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Reading Saccades - physiology Space Perception - physiology Unspaced text Japan Eye movement control Japanese script Unspaced text Human Reading Language Vision Cognition Spacing Verbal perception Motor control Japanese Eye movement
ISSN:	0042-6989, 1878-5646, 0042-6989
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