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Eye Movements during Reading

Project overview

In this research line we use eye movement during reading to examine language processing.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Denis Drieghe

Professor of Experimental Psychology
Research interests
  • My research can be situated in the field of eye movements during reading.
  • One of my main research lines has been related to parafoveal processing: How accurate is parafoveal processing, and how does it influence the decision whether to skip the next word or not; How does it relate to foveal processing (i.e. simultaneous or only after foveal processing has been concluded). Additionally, my research has examined reading in multiple languages (English, Dutch, Finnish, Chinese, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese), and has directly compared reading in different languages both between native speakers and within bilinguals. Recent projects involved looking at task effects during reading (e.g. reading for comprehension versus skimming) and individual differences in reading (e.g. spelling skills and reading ability).
  • Besides these topics, I'm also interested in a wide range of phenomena, all dealing with either eye movements in reading or the processing of words in general.
Connect with Denis

Email: D.Drieghe@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Preview benefit in English spaced compounds
Michael G. Cutter, Denis Drieghe & Simon P. Liversedge, 2014, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 40(6), 1778-1786
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000013
Type: article
Lack of semantic parafoveal preview benefit in reading revisited
Keith Rayner, Elizabeth R. Schotter & Denis Drieghe, 2014, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21(4), 1067-1072
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0582-9
Type: article
Skim reading: an adaptive strategy for reading on the web
Gemma Fitzsimmons, Mark Weal & Denis Drieghe, 2014
DOI: 10.1145/2615569.2615682
Type: conference
The effect of visual complexity and word frequency on eye movements during Chinese reading
Simon P. Liversedge, Chuanli Zang, Manman Zhang, Xuejun Bai, Guoli Yan & Denis Drieghe, 2014, Visual Cognition, 22(3-4), 441-457
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2014.889260
Type: article
Using interrupted visual displays to explore the capacity, time course and format of fixation plans during visual search
Hayward J. Godwin, Valerie Benson & Denis Drieghe, 2013, Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, 39(6), 1700-1712
DOI: 10.1037/a0032287
Type: article
Using E-Z Reader to examine the concurrent development of eye-movement control and reading skill
Erik D. Reichle, Simon P. Liversedge, Denis Drieghe, Hazel I. Blythe, Holly S.S.L Joseph, Sarah S.J. White & Keith Rayner, 2013, Developmental Review, 33(2), 110-149
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2013.03.001
Type: article
On measuring the impact of hyperlinks on reading
Gemma Fitzsimmons, Mark J. Weal & Denis Drieghe, 2013
DOI: 10.1145/2464464.2464501
Type: conference