2004-03-04Z2011-03-11T08:55:28Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/3443This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/34432004-03-04ZThe right visual field advantage and the optimal viewing position effect: On the relation between foveal and parafoveal word recognitionRecent developments on the optimal viewing position (OVP) effect suggest that it may be caused
by the same factors that underlie the right visual field advantage in word recognition. This raises
the question of the relationship between foveal and parafoveal word recognition. Three
experiments are reported in which participants identified tachistoscopically presented words that
were presented randomly in foveal and parafoveal vision. The results show that both the OVP
effect and the right visual field advantage for word recognition are part of a larger extended OVP
curve that has the shape of a Gaussian distribution with the mode shifted to the left of the center of
the stimulus word. The shift of the distribution is a function of word length, but not of presentation
duration; it is also slightly moderated by the information value of word beginning and word end.M. BrysbaertF. VituW. Schroyens