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Subjects in the present experiment made saccadic eye movements to words presented left and right of fixation. The words were presented in the range that approximates the distance covered by the eye during reading. The mean latencies were 30-100 msec shorter than mean fixation durations in reading. Latencies were significantly shorter for left-to-right saccades than for right-to-left saccades. There were also differences in saccadic latency as a function of task demands.
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This research was supported by Grant BNS76.. QS017 from the National Science Foundation.
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Rayner, K. Eye movement latencies for parafoveally presented words. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 11, 13–16 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336753
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