The Effect of Different Text Presentation Formats on Eye Movement Metrics in Reading

Eye movement data were collected and analyzed from 16 participants while they read text from a computer screen. Several text presentation formats were compared, including sentences as part of a full paragraph, sentences presented one by one, sentences presented in chunks of at most 30 characters at...

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Main Authors: Selina Sharmin, Oleg Špakov, Kari-Jouko Räihä
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Eye Movement Research
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2336
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description Eye movement data were collected and analyzed from 16 participants while they read text from a computer screen. Several text presentation formats were compared, including sentences as part of a full paragraph, sentences presented one by one, sentences presented in chunks of at most 30 characters at a predefined rate, and line-by-line presentation fitting the width of the computer screen. The goal of the experiment was to study how these different text presentation modes affect eye movement metrics (fixation duration, fixations per minute, regressions, etc.). One-way repeated measures ANOVA revealed that differences in presentation format have a significant effect on fixation duration, number of fixations per minute, and number of regressions.
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spelling doaj-art-e8797d40f22b4814a01e24988f88425b2025-08-20T03:48:37ZengMDPI AGJournal of Eye Movement Research1995-86922012-06-015310.16910/jemr.5.3.3The Effect of Different Text Presentation Formats on Eye Movement Metrics in ReadingSelina Sharmin0Oleg Špakov1Kari-Jouko Räihä2University of Tampere, FinlandUniversity of Tampere, FinlandUniversity of Tampere, FinlandEye movement data were collected and analyzed from 16 participants while they read text from a computer screen. Several text presentation formats were compared, including sentences as part of a full paragraph, sentences presented one by one, sentences presented in chunks of at most 30 characters at a predefined rate, and line-by-line presentation fitting the width of the computer screen. The goal of the experiment was to study how these different text presentation modes affect eye movement metrics (fixation duration, fixations per minute, regressions, etc.). One-way repeated measures ANOVA revealed that differences in presentation format have a significant effect on fixation duration, number of fixations per minute, and number of regressions.https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2336eye movementsreadingtext presentation formatfixation countfixation durationregressions
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The Effect of Different Text Presentation Formats on Eye Movement Metrics in Reading
Journal of Eye Movement Research
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fixation count
fixation duration
regressions
title The Effect of Different Text Presentation Formats on Eye Movement Metrics in Reading
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fixation count
fixation duration
regressions
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