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Using E-Z Reader to simulate eye movements in nonreading tasks: a unified framework for understanding the eye–mind link

Using E-Z Reader to simulate eye movements in nonreading tasks: a unified framework for understanding the eye–mind link
Using E-Z Reader to simulate eye movements in nonreading tasks: a unified framework for understanding the eye–mind link
Nonreading tasks that share some (but not all) of the task demands of reading have often been used to make inferences about how cognition influences when the eyes move during reading. In this article, we use variants of the E-Z Reader model of eye-movement control in reading to simulate eye-movement behavior in several of these tasks, including z-string reading, target-word search, and visual search of Landolt Cs arranged in both linear and circular arrays. These simulations demonstrate that a single computational framework is sufficient to simulate eye movements in both reading and nonreading tasks but also suggest that there are task-specific differences in both saccadic targeting (i.e., decisions about where to move the eyes) and the coupling between saccadic programming and the movement of attention (i.e., decisions about when to move the eyes). These findings suggest that some aspects of the eye-mind link are flexible and can be configured in a manner that supports efficient task performance.
0033-295X
155-185
Reichle, Erik D.
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Pollatsek, Alexander
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Rayner, Keith
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Reichle, Erik D.
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Pollatsek, Alexander
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Rayner, Keith
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Reichle, Erik D., Pollatsek, Alexander and Rayner, Keith (2012) Using E-Z Reader to simulate eye movements in nonreading tasks: a unified framework for understanding the eye–mind link. Psychological Review, 119 (1), 155-185. (doi:10.1037/a0026473). (PMID:22229492)

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Nonreading tasks that share some (but not all) of the task demands of reading have often been used to make inferences about how cognition influences when the eyes move during reading. In this article, we use variants of the E-Z Reader model of eye-movement control in reading to simulate eye-movement behavior in several of these tasks, including z-string reading, target-word search, and visual search of Landolt Cs arranged in both linear and circular arrays. These simulations demonstrate that a single computational framework is sufficient to simulate eye movements in both reading and nonreading tasks but also suggest that there are task-specific differences in both saccadic targeting (i.e., decisions about where to move the eyes) and the coupling between saccadic programming and the movement of attention (i.e., decisions about when to move the eyes). These findings suggest that some aspects of the eye-mind link are flexible and can be configured in a manner that supports efficient task performance.

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Published date: January 2012
Organisations: Psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 348378
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/348378
ISSN: 0033-295X
PURE UUID: c495b78e-0792-40b8-a482-b5a12ff68d09

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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 12:58

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Author: Erik D. Reichle
Author: Alexander Pollatsek
Author: Keith Rayner

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