Effect of pattern complexity on the visual span for Chinese and alphabet characters

• Published in: Journal of vision (Charlottesville, Va.) Vol. 14; no. 8; p. 6
• Main Authors: Wang, Hui, He, Xuanzi, Legge, Gordon E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 03.07.2014
• Subjects: Asian People; Crowding; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Reading; Vision Tests - methods; Visual Acuity - physiology; complexity; Chinese reading; crowding; Chinese character recognition; peripheral vision; reading; visual span

The visual span for reading is the number of letters that can be recognized without moving the eyes and is hypothesized to impose a sensory limitation on reading speed. Factors affecting the size of the visual span have been studied using alphabet letters. There may be common constraints applying to...