Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Eye Movements Reveal the Influence of Event Structure on Reading Behavior. |
| Authors: |
Swets, Benjamin1, Kurby, Christopher A.1 |
| Source: |
Cognitive Science. Mar2016, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p466-480. 15p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Reading ability testing, *Cognition, *Short-term memory, *Individual differences, Eye movements, Social aspects |
| Abstract: |
When we read narrative texts such as novels and newspaper articles, we segment information presented in such texts into discrete events, with distinct boundaries between those events. But do our eyes reflect this event structure while reading? This study examines whether eye movements during the reading of discourse reveal how readers respond online to event structure. Participants read narrative passages as we monitored their eye movements. Several measures revealed that event structure predicted eye movements. In two experiments, we found that both early and overall reading times were longer for event boundaries. We also found that regressive saccades were more likely to land on event boundaries, but that readers were less likely to regress out of an event boundary. Experiment 2 also demonstrated that tracking event structure carries a working memory load. Eye movements provide a rich set of online data to test the cognitive reality of event segmentation during reading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
|
Copyright of Cognitive Science is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
