The Eyes and Reading

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What is the function of the macula?
Distinguishing fine details in our environment
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What is the part of the eye where optical receptors are at their densest?
Fovea
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Which statement about rods is incorrect?
Cannot help in detecting weak signals of movement
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Which statement about saccades in incorrect?
They do not need to be planned in advance
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What is the preferred viewing position for readers?
Left of the centre
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What is the optimum viewing position for readers?
In the centre
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If there are 6 characters to the left and right of fixation, what is the window size?
13
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At how many characters does performance reduce?
25
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In English, reading is not affected if you take away letters more than ___ characters to the right and more than ___ characters to the left.
14, 3
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Which statement is incorrect about the moving window paradigm?
A certain amount of characters from the centre of the p's vision are removed
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Which statement is incorrect about the moving mask paradigm?
The computer will replace all the letters outside the predetermined window with dissimilar stimuli
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Which metaphor for visual attention is the E-Z reader model based on?
Visual spotlight
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What is L1 responsible for in the E-Z reader model?
Familiarity checking
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What is L2 responsible for in the E-Z reader model?
Lexical completion and access
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What is M1 in the E-Z reader model?
Labile stage of saccade preparation
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What is M1 in the E-Z reader model?
Non-labile stage of saccade preparation
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With parafoveal processing, how long do M1 and M2 take?
They take the same time to complete
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Fovea

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Which statement about rods is incorrect?

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Which statement about saccades in incorrect?

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