Perceptual span, visual span, and visual attention span: Three potential ways to quantify limits on visual processing during reading

• Published in: Visual cognition Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 412 - 429
• Main Authors: Frey, Aline, Bosse, Marie-Line
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Routledge 03.07.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Attention; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Sciences; eye movements; Information processing; Language; Life Sciences; Neurons and Cognition; perceptual span; Reading; visual attention span; Visual perception; visual span; Visual system; Visual task performance; Eye-movements; Visual span; Visual attention span; Reading; Perceptual span

Many lines of evidence have revealed limitations of the human visual system, most notably that only a portion of available information is processed in a single glance. A degree of conceptual confusion has emerged, however, regarding the underlying concepts or mechanisms explaining limited visual pro...