In reading a person translates strings of graphic symbols into meaning by using a variety of
processes. The reader decodes letters, forms word percepts, accesses word meanings …

This chapter concerns an experimental procedure that permits variation on all three
dimensions, and with theoretical methods to interpret the reading time data acquired with …

Published in 1984, this volume presents methodologies for studying the ongoing
psychological processes that occur as a person reads a text, as well as discussing the major …

This chapter describes a process model of reading comprehension, as well as a more
general theoretical framework to explain why and how reading changes with the task, the …

Presents a model of reading comprehension that accounts for the allocation of eye fixations
of 14 college students reading scientific passages. The model deals with processing at the …

This chapter demonstrates how multiple regression techniques can be used to reading times
for sentences in passages. It also examines the extent to which sentence reading times can …

Publisher Summary This chapter illustrates the use of reading time measures. The time
measures sum fixation durations to gain an understanding of the difficulty experienced while …

Haberlandt and Graesser (1985) investigated how component processes involved in the
comprehension of prose passages operate. Characteristics of words, sentences, and …

THIS PAPER reviews methodological procedures that have been us to study mental
processes in reading. A taxonomy of method provided whereby each method is considered …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the perceptual processing time required for
recognition. Processing time depends on the difficulty of the recognition task, that is, on how …