Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties
Children with dyslexia have previously been demonstrated to perform more corrective saccades in sequential non-reading saccade tasks, having trouble with maintaining a stable fixation, as well as reduced performance in smooth pursuit tasks. The current study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis...
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| author | Ilze Ceple Linda Krauze Evita Serpa Aiga Svede Viktorija Goliskina Sofija Vasiljeva Evita Kassaliete Angelina Ganebnaya Liva Volberga Renars Truksa Tomass Ruza Gunta Krumina |
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| description | Children with dyslexia have previously been demonstrated to perform more corrective saccades in sequential non-reading saccade tasks, having trouble with maintaining a stable fixation, as well as reduced performance in smooth pursuit tasks. The current study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of different eye movements (saccades, smooth pursuit eye movements and fixation stability) in children with and without reading difficulties who were tested by a validated reading performance test applied in the school environment. Altogether, 377 children (6–13 years old; 182 boys and 196 girls) were voluntarily involved in the study. Reading performance was determined by the Acadience<sup>®</sup> Reading literacy assessment tool. The Tobii Pro Fusion Eye-tracker was applied to determine oculomotor performance in children with and without reading difficulties. The results of saccadic eye movement, smooth pursuit eye movement, and fixation stability in a non-reading task did not reveal a statistically significant difference in oculomotor performance in children with and without reading difficulties. The results of the current study indicate that the oculomotor system in children with reading difficulties (not excluding dyslexia) is intact. The results propose that the observed differences with previous studies exploring eye movements in dyslexic children might be attributed to the participant selection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e8b271aa59d42caaabea8ce05a6303c2025-01-24T13:21:28ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-0115295410.3390/app15020954Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading DifficultiesIlze Ceple0Linda Krauze1Evita Serpa2Aiga Svede3Viktorija Goliskina4Sofija Vasiljeva5Evita Kassaliete6Angelina Ganebnaya7Liva Volberga8Renars Truksa9Tomass Ruza10Gunta Krumina11Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Street 1, LV-1004 Riga, LatviaChildren with dyslexia have previously been demonstrated to perform more corrective saccades in sequential non-reading saccade tasks, having trouble with maintaining a stable fixation, as well as reduced performance in smooth pursuit tasks. The current study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of different eye movements (saccades, smooth pursuit eye movements and fixation stability) in children with and without reading difficulties who were tested by a validated reading performance test applied in the school environment. Altogether, 377 children (6–13 years old; 182 boys and 196 girls) were voluntarily involved in the study. Reading performance was determined by the Acadience<sup>®</sup> Reading literacy assessment tool. The Tobii Pro Fusion Eye-tracker was applied to determine oculomotor performance in children with and without reading difficulties. The results of saccadic eye movement, smooth pursuit eye movement, and fixation stability in a non-reading task did not reveal a statistically significant difference in oculomotor performance in children with and without reading difficulties. The results of the current study indicate that the oculomotor system in children with reading difficulties (not excluding dyslexia) is intact. The results propose that the observed differences with previous studies exploring eye movements in dyslexic children might be attributed to the participant selection.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/954eye movementseye trackingreading difficultiessaccadic eye movementssmooth pursuit eye movementsfixation stability |
| spellingShingle | Ilze Ceple Linda Krauze Evita Serpa Aiga Svede Viktorija Goliskina Sofija Vasiljeva Evita Kassaliete Angelina Ganebnaya Liva Volberga Renars Truksa Tomass Ruza Gunta Krumina Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties Applied Sciences eye movements eye tracking reading difficulties saccadic eye movements smooth pursuit eye movements fixation stability |
| title | Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties |
| title_full | Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties |
| title_fullStr | Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties |
| title_short | Eye Movement Parameters in Children with Reading Difficulties |
| title_sort | eye movement parameters in children with reading difficulties |
| topic | eye movements eye tracking reading difficulties saccadic eye movements smooth pursuit eye movements fixation stability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/954 |
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