Open AccessCrowding limits reading
Author(s) -
Denis G. Pelli,
Katharine A. Tillman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of vision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.126
H-Index - 113
ISSN - 1534-7362
DOI - 10.1167/6.6.993
Subject(s) - crowding , reading (process) , psychology , cognitive psychology , philosophy , linguistics
Peripheral reading is slow, even in RSVP, which minimizes the need for eye movements. This affects everyone who reads with central field loss, yet is still unexplained. Legge et al. suggest that reading rate is proportional to visual span, which shrinks with increasing distance from fixation. Both centrally and peripherally, we show that visual span and reading rate are limited by crowding.
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