Process / pipelineExperimental Psycholinguistics
Psycholinguistic Eye-Tracking
Psycholinguistic Eye-Tracking is a method that measures eye movements during reading or visual processing to investigate how the mind processes language. Pioneered by Keith Rayner, eye-tracking reveals which parts of text attract attention, how long readers spend on different words, and how eye movements relate to comprehension difficulties. Metrics like fixation duration and saccade length provide objective, millisecond-level data on cognitive processing. Eye-tracking is now a standard tool for studying reading, comprehension, and attention.
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- Rayner, K. (1998). Eye movements in reading and information processing: 20 years of research. Psychological Bulletin, 124(3), 372-422. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.124.3.372 ↗
- Rayner, K. (Ed.). (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Eye Movements. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199539789.001.0001 ↗
- Duchowski, A. T. (2007). Eye Tracking Methodology: Theory and Practice (2nd ed.). London: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-609-4 ↗