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The chapters in this section focused on discovering what the eyes can tell us about the higher level processes involved in language comprehension, from the comprehension of individual sentences to the comprehension of text accompanied by pictures. In discussing these chapters I have chosen to elaborate on three themes that are common to several of them. In the process, I will raise more questions than answers, because I see these themes as ones that the field is just beginning to address.
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Duffy, S.A. (1992). Eye Movements and Complex Comprehension Processes. 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_28
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