Eye-tracking terms and expressions

launch a saccade
perceptual span
the size of our perceptual span
extends 3-4 letter spaces to the left
we often skip shorter words
linear variables
interest area for the word
the first fixation falls inside of the interest area
the participants look outside the interest area
we may not fixate directly on a word
fixation #8 falls directly on the preposition “on”
the underlying assumption
eye-movement behaviors
the underlying mental processes
early language processes
late language processes
early measures
lexical information is more difficult to retrieve
mismatches the preceding syntax
integration into a discourse representation
lexical access