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Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts
The interplay between cognitive and oculomotor processes during reading can be explored when the spatial layout of text deviates from the typical display. In this study, we investigate various eye-movement measures during reading of text with experimentally manipulated layout (word-wise and letter-w...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7060224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32144292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60833-6 |
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author | Chandra, Johan Krügel, André Engbert, Ralf |
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description | The interplay between cognitive and oculomotor processes during reading can be explored when the spatial layout of text deviates from the typical display. In this study, we investigate various eye-movement measures during reading of text with experimentally manipulated layout (word-wise and letter-wise mirrored-reversed text as well as inverted and scrambled text). While typical findings (e.g., longer mean fixation times, shorter mean saccades lengths) in reading manipulated texts compared to normal texts were reported in earlier work, little is known about changes of oculomotor targeting observed in within-word landing positions under the above text layouts. Here we carry out precise analyses of landing positions and find substantial changes in the so-called launch-site effect in addition to the expected overall slow-down of reading performance. Specifically, during reading of our manipulated text conditions with reversed letter order (against overall reading direction), we find a reduced launch-site effect, while in all other manipulated text conditions, we observe an increased launch-site effect. Our results clearly indicate that the oculomotor system is highly adaptive when confronted with unusual reading conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-70602242020-03-18 Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts Chandra, Johan Krügel, André Engbert, Ralf Sci Rep Article The interplay between cognitive and oculomotor processes during reading can be explored when the spatial layout of text deviates from the typical display. In this study, we investigate various eye-movement measures during reading of text with experimentally manipulated layout (word-wise and letter-wise mirrored-reversed text as well as inverted and scrambled text). While typical findings (e.g., longer mean fixation times, shorter mean saccades lengths) in reading manipulated texts compared to normal texts were reported in earlier work, little is known about changes of oculomotor targeting observed in within-word landing positions under the above text layouts. Here we carry out precise analyses of landing positions and find substantial changes in the so-called launch-site effect in addition to the expected overall slow-down of reading performance. Specifically, during reading of our manipulated text conditions with reversed letter order (against overall reading direction), we find a reduced launch-site effect, while in all other manipulated text conditions, we observe an increased launch-site effect. Our results clearly indicate that the oculomotor system is highly adaptive when confronted with unusual reading conditions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7060224/ /pubmed/32144292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60833-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Chandra, Johan Krügel, André Engbert, Ralf Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
title | Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
title_full | Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
title_fullStr | Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
title_full_unstemmed | Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
title_short | Modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
title_sort | modulation of oculomotor control during reading of mirrored and inverted texts |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7060224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32144292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60833-6 |
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