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The effects of frequency and predictability on eye fixations in reading: An evaluation of the E-Z Reader model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2004

Laurent Sparrow*
Affiliation:
URECA–UPRES EA 1059, Université Charles de Gaulle, F.59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq, Francehttp://www.univ-lille3.fr/ureca
Sébastien Miellet*
Affiliation:
URECA–UPRES EA 1059, Université Charles de Gaulle, F.59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq, Francehttp://www.univ-lille3.fr/ureca
Yann Coello*
Affiliation:
URECA–UPRES EA 1059, Université Charles de Gaulle, F.59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq, Francehttp://www.univ-lille3.fr/ureca

Abstract:

We tested whether the E-Z Reader model can be generalised to the French language. The simulation showed that the model can account for the frequency effect. The predictability effect is moreover accurate for word skipping, but not for fixation times. We think that this model is psychologically plausible for certain aspects of reading and we have used it to evaluate the performance of dyslexic readers.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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