Effects of Normative Aging on Eye Movements during Reading

Substantial progress has been made in understanding the mostly detrimental effects of normative aging on eye movements during reading. This article provides a review of research on aging effects on eye movements during reading for different writing systems (i.e., alphabetic systems like English comp...

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Published inVision (Basel) Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 7
Main Authors Paterson, Kevin B, McGowan, Victoria A, Warrington, Kayleigh L, Li, Lin, Li, Sha, Xie, Fang, Chang, Min, Zhao, Sainan, Pagán, Ascensión, White, Sarah J, Wang, Jingxin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 14.01.2020
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Aging (Biology)
alphabetic reading
chinese reading
cognitive aging
Eye movements
eye movements during reading
Health aspects
Physiological aspects
Reading
Review
China
Chinese reading
eye movements during reading
alphabetic reading
cognitive aging
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Summary:Substantial progress has been made in understanding the mostly detrimental effects of normative aging on eye movements during reading. This article provides a review of research on aging effects on eye movements during reading for different writing systems (i.e., alphabetic systems like English compared to non-alphabetic systems like Chinese), focused on appraising the importance of visual and cognitive factors, considering key methodological issues, and identifying vital questions that need to be addressed and topics for further investigation.
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ISSN:2411-5150
2411-5150
DOI:10.3390/vision4010007