Elsevier

Cognitive Psychology

Volume 8, Issue 4, October 1976, Pages 441-480
Cognitive Psychology

Eye fixations and cognitive processes,☆☆

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Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical account of the sequence and duration of eye fixation during a number of simple cognitive tasks, such as mental rotation, sentence verification, and quantitative comparison. In each case, the eye fixation behavior is linked to a processing model for the task by assuming that the eye fixates the referent of the symbol being operated on.

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    This paper represents a collaborative effort.

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    The project was supported in part by Research Grant NIE-G-74-0016 from the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and Grant MH-07722 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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