%A Dr. Marc Brysbaert %A Dr. Francoise Vitu %J Eye guidance in reading and scene perception %T Word skipping: Implications for theories of eye movement control in reading %X This chapter provides a meta-analysis of the factors that govern word skipping in reading. It is concluded that the primary predictor is the length of the word to be skipped. A much smaller effect is due to the processing ease of the word (e.g., the frequency of the word and its predictability in the sentence). %K eye movements, reading, skipping %P 125-147 %E Prof. G. Underwood %D 1998 %I Elsevier %L cogprints3422