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Science 26 October 1979:
Vol. 206. no. 4417, pp. 468 - 469
DOI: 10.1126/science.504987
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Science, Vol 206, Issue 4417, 468-469
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Reading without a fovea

K Rayner and JH Bertera

A visual mask moving in synchrony with the eye obliterated foveal vision during reading under certain conditions. When foveal vision was masked, reading became difficult. In another condition, a window of readable text moved in synchrony with the eye, and parafoveal vision was masked on each fixation. The results point out the importance of foveal and parafoveal vision in reading.


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