Using measures of reading time regularity (RTR) to quantify eye movement dynamics, and how they are shaped by linguistic information

Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Authors

In this article, we present the concept of reading time regularity (RTR) as a measure to capture reading process dynamics. The first study is concerned with examining one of the assumptions of RTR, namely, that process measures of reading, such as eye movement fluctuations and fixation durations, exhibit higher regularity when contingent on sequentially structured information, such as texts. To test this, eye movements of 26 German native speakers were recorded during reading-unrelated and reading-related tasks. To analyze the data, we used recurrence quantification analysis and sample entropy analysis to quantify the degree of temporal structure in time series of gaze steps and fixation durations. The results showed that eye movements become more regular in reading compared to nonreading conditions. These effects were most prominent when calculated on the basis of gaze step data. In a second study, eye movements of 27 native speakers of German were recorded for five conditions with increasing linguistic information. The results replicate the findings of the first study, verifying that these effects are not due to mere differences in task instructions between conditions. Implications for the concept of RTR and for future studies using these metrics in reading research are discussed

Original languageEnglish
Article number9
JournalJournal of Vision
Volume22
Issue number6
Number of pages21
ISSN1534-7362
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.05.2022

Bibliographical note

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) by grants to Sebastian Wallot (project numbers 397523278 and 442405852).

Publisher Copyright: © Copyright 2022 The Authors

    Research areas

  • Information processing, Reading time regularity, Recurrence quantification analysis, Sample entropy analysis, Text reading
  • Psychology

Documents

DOI

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. The structure of emotions in learning situations
  2. The generative drawing principle in multimedia learning
  3. Calibration of a simple method for determining ammonia loss in the field
  4. The principle of unjust enrichment
  5. Development of a Mobile Application for People with Panic Disorder as augmentation for an Internet-based Intervention
  6. A Theory-Based Teaching Concept To Embed Sustainability In The Engineering Curriculum
  7. What has gone wrong with application development? Who is the culprit?
  8. Automatic generation of periodic representative volume elements for matrix-inclusion composites and their efficiency in multiscaling
  9. Introduction
  10. Ontology-Guided, Hybrid Prompt Learning for Generalization in Knowledge Graph Question Answering
  11. A matrix of evaluation and comparsion of Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) software tools to facilitate understanding and appreciation
  12. Global finite-time stabilization of a class of perturbed planar systems with actuator saturation and disturbances
  13. Technology Implementation in Pre-Service Science Teacher Education Based on the Transformative View of TPACK: Effects on Pre-Service Teachers' TPACK, Behavioral Orientations and Actions in Practice
  14. Microstructural and mechanical aspects of reinforcement welds for lightweight components produced by friction hydro pillar processing
  15. Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904)
  16. Guest editorial
  17. Investigation of the utilization of oat pomace and acid whey in technical scale succinic acid fermentation including downstream processing
  18. When it really counts
  19. Influence of ageing treatment on microstructure, mechanical and bio-corrosion properties of Mg-Dy alloys
  20. Is the Y/F Index Suitable for Population Genetic Studies?
  21. Computer Support for Environmental Management Accounting
  22. Kemp-Reader
  23. AI for All?
  24. Market and network corruption
  25. Extraction of information from invoices - challenges in the extraction pipeline
  26. For whom are internet-based occupational mental health interventions effective? Moderators of internet-based problem-solving training outcome
  27. Remotely sensed effectiveness assessments of protected areas lack a common framework
  28. Round, just-below, or precise prices? Cultural differences in the prevalence of price endings in E-commerce