Power-law fluctuations in eye movements predict text comprehension during connected text reading
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Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. Hrsg. / David C. Noelle; Rick Dale; Anne Warlaumont; Jeff Yoshimi; Teenie Matlock; Carolyn D. Jennings; Paul P. Maglio. Austin, Texas: The Cognitive Science Society, 2015. S. 2583-2588.
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T1 - Power-law fluctuations in eye movements predict text comprehension during connected text reading
AU - Wallot, Sebastian
AU - O'Brien, Beth A.
AU - Coey, Charles A.
AU - Kelty-Stephen, Damian
N1 - Conference code: 37
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The present study investigates the relation between the reading process and text comprehension during naturalistic text reading. To that end, participants read easy and difficult texts while their eye movements were recorded. After each reading, participants filled-in comprehension questionnaires. We investigated classical measures of the reading process related to comprehension (fixation duration, regressive eye movements), as well as power-law scaling in eye movements that are indicative of degree of cognitive coordination during reading. The results show that text difficulty led to longer fixation durations and stronger power-law scaling in eye movements. Moreover, the degree of power-law scaling in eye movements was predictive of text comprehension. In line with previous research on natural text reading that utilized the self-paced reading method, power-law scaling turned out to be a superior predictor of reading comprehension compared to standard measures, suggesting that it is an effective measure of cognitive performance in complex reading tasks.
AB - The present study investigates the relation between the reading process and text comprehension during naturalistic text reading. To that end, participants read easy and difficult texts while their eye movements were recorded. After each reading, participants filled-in comprehension questionnaires. We investigated classical measures of the reading process related to comprehension (fixation duration, regressive eye movements), as well as power-law scaling in eye movements that are indicative of degree of cognitive coordination during reading. The results show that text difficulty led to longer fixation durations and stronger power-law scaling in eye movements. Moreover, the degree of power-law scaling in eye movements was predictive of text comprehension. In line with previous research on natural text reading that utilized the self-paced reading method, power-law scaling turned out to be a superior predictor of reading comprehension compared to standard measures, suggesting that it is an effective measure of cognitive performance in complex reading tasks.
KW - comprehension
KW - connected text reading
KW - eye movements
KW - naturalistic text reading
KW - power-law scaling
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048512762&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85048512762
SP - 2583
EP - 2588
BT - Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015
A2 - Noelle, David C.
A2 - Dale, Rick
A2 - Warlaumont, Anne
A2 - Yoshimi, Jeff
A2 - Matlock, Teenie
A2 - Jennings, Carolyn D.
A2 - Maglio, Paul P.
PB - The Cognitive Science Society
CY - Austin, Texas
T2 - Conference - 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2015
Y2 - 23 July 2015 through 25 July 2015
ER -