Training improves reading speed in peripheral vision: Is it due to attention?

• Published in: Journal of vision (Charlottesville, Va.) Vol. 10; no. 6; p. 18
• Main Authors: Lee, H.-W., Kwon, M., Legge, G. E., Gefroh, J. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention - physiology; Fixation, Ocular; Humans; Memory - physiology; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Recognition, Psychology - physiology; Vision Tests - methods; Visual Fields - physiology; Young Adult

Previous research has shown that perceptual training in peripheral vision, using a letter-recognition task, increases reading speed and letter recognition (S. T. L. Chung, G. E. Legge, & S. H. Cheung, 2004). We tested the hypothesis that enhanced deployment of spatial attention to peripheral vis...