Using a dichoptic moving window presentation technique to investigate binocular advantages during reading.

Nikolova, Mirela, Jainta, Stephanie, Blythe, Hazel and Liversedge, Simon P. (2017) Using a dichoptic moving window presentation technique to investigate binocular advantages during reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43 (2). pp. 265-280. ISSN 0096-1523

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Abstract

Reading comes with a clear binocular advantage, expressed in shorter fixation times and fewer regressions in binocular relative to monocular visual presentations. Little is known, however, about whether the cost associated with monocular viewing derives primarily from the encoding of foveal information or in obtaining a preview benefit from upcoming parafoveal text. In the present sentence reading eye tracking experiment, the authors used a novel dichoptic binocular gaze-contingent moving window technique to selectively manipulate the amount of text made available to the reader both binocularly and monocularly in the fovea and parafovea on a fixation-by-fixation basis. This technique allowed the authors to quantify disruption to reading caused by prevention of binocular fusion during direct fixation of words and parafoveal preprocessing of upcoming text. Sentences were presented (a) binocularly; (b) monocularly; (c) with monocular text to the left of fixation; (d) with monocular text to the right of fixation; or (e) with all words other than the fixated word presented binocularly. A robust binocular advantage occurred for average fixation duration and regressions. Also, while there was a limited cost associated with monocular foveal processing, the restriction of parafoveal processing to monocular information was particularly disruptive. The findings demonstrate the critical importance of a unified binocular input for the efficient preprocessing text to the right of fixation.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: C800 Psychology
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2019 13:41
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 10:20
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/40813

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