Citation

Rayner K, Slowiaczek ML, Clifton C, Bertera JH. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1983; 9(6): 912-922.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6227700

Abstract

The best available estimates indicate that the average minimum latency of saccadic eye movements (175-200 msec) approaches the mean duration of fixations in reading (200-250 msec). This fact presents a problem for models of reading which assume that an eye movement is initiated only after substantial information is processed on a fixation. Three experiments are reported that support earlier estimates of saccadic latency; the experiments were conducted under conditions in which the length of measured latencies could not reflect a motoric refractory period, spatial uncertainty, or temporal uncertainty.

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