TY - JOUR PY - 1983// TI - Latency of sequential eye movements: implications for reading JO - Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance A1 - Rayner, K. A1 - Slowiaczek, M. L. A1 - Clifton, C. Jr A1 - Bertera, J. H. SP - 912 EP - 922 VL - 9 IS - 6 N2 - The best available estimates indicate that the average minimum latency of saccadic eye movements (175-200 msec) approaches the mean duration of fixations in reading (200-250 msec). This fact presents a problem for models of reading which assume that an eye movement is initiated only after substantial information is processed on a fixation. Three experiments are reported that support earlier estimates of saccadic latency; the experiments were conducted under conditions in which the length of measured latencies could not reflect a motoric refractory period, spatial uncertainty, or temporal uncertainty.

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