Dyslexic and normal readers' eye movements
- Dyslexic and normal readers' eye movements were compared while tracking a moving fixation point and in reading. Contrary to previous reports, the dyslexic and normal readers did not differ in their number of saccades, percentage of regressions, or stability of fixations in the tracking task. Thus, defective oculomotor control was not associated with or a causal factor in dyslexia, and the dyslexics' abnormal eye movements in reading must be related to differences in higher cognitive processes. However, individual differences in oculmotor efficiency, independent of reading ability, were found within both the dyslexic and normal groups, and these differences were correlated in reading and tracking tasks.
Author details: | Richard K. Olson, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND, Brian J. Davidson |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-41071 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 167) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 1983 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2010/01/26 |
Source: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 9 (1983) 5, S. 816-825, ISSN 1939-1277, DOI 10.1037/0096-1523.9.5.816 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | The original publication is within the university network available at web.ebscohost.com: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. - 9 (1983) Issue 5, p. 816-825 ISSN 1939-1277 DOI 10.1037/0096-1523.9.5.816 |