Eye movement latencies for parafoveally presented words

Abstract

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. © 1978, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.