Immediate and delayed effects of word frequency and word length on eye movements in reading: A reversed delayed effect of word length.
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Eye movements and word skipping during reading: effects of word length and predictability.
Eye movements were monitored as subjects read sentences containing high- or low-predictable target words. The extent to which target words were predictable from prior context was varied: Half of the target words were predictable, and the other half were unpredictable. In addition, the length of the target word varied: The target words were short (4-6 letters), medium (7-9 letters), or long (10-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1939-1277,0096-1523
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.3.726