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This chapter discusses the information that can be obtained when a word is first fixated in reading. This is a difficult topic for a number of reasons. Experienced readers do not jump neatly from word to word. Short words are often often skipped and longer words are usually fixated more than once. Moreover, there is uncertainty about the eye-mind span, that is, the delay between visual and cognitive processing. Nevertheless, the clever arrangement of reading materials and the use of eye-contingent displays have helped to illuminate the time course of comprehension processes in reading (McConkie & Rayner, 1975; Rayner, 1975; Rayner & Pollatsek, 1987, 1989). In this chapter, I examine research concerning lexical access processes that take place during the first fixation on a word.
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Sereno, S.C. (1992). Early Lexical Effects when Fixating a Word in Reading. In: Rayner, K. (eds) Eye Movements and Visual Cognition. Springer Series in Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2852-3_18
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