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ArticleScientific reports2021

Predictive modeling of parafoveal information processing during reading.

Stefan Seelig, Sarah Risse, Ralf Engbert

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Stefan Seelig *Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, 14469, Potsdam, Germany.
Sarah Risse *Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam, 14469, Potsdam, Germany.
Ralf EngbertDepartment of Psychology, University of Potsdam, 14469, Potsdam, Germany. ralf.engbert@uni-potsdam.de.

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Abstract

Skilled reading requires information processing of the fixated and the not-yet-fixated words to generate precise control of gaze. Over the last 30 years, experimental research provided evidence that word processing is distributed across the perceptual span, which permits recognition of the fixated (foveal) word as well as preview of parafoveal words to the right of fixation. However, theoretical models have been unable to differentiate the specific influences of foveal and parafoveal information on saccade control. Here we show how parafoveal word difficulty modulates spatial and temporal control of gaze in a computational model to reproduce experimental results. In a fully Bayesian framework, we estimated model parameters for different models of parafoveal processing and carried out large-scale predictive simulations and model comparisons for a gaze-contingent reading experiment. We conclude that mathematical modeling of data from gaze-contingent experiments permits the precise identification of pathways from parafoveal information processing to gaze control, uncovering potential mechanisms underlying the parafoveal contribution to eye-movement control.

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