Viewpoint Consistency: An Eye Movement Study

Web Browsing Experience and Viewpoint: An Eye-Tracking Study

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that affect Web page browsing patterns by using eye-tracking data. Josephson and Holmes (2002) examined Web-viewing patterns from a Web page layout viewpoint. This study focuses on users’ understanding of functional areas of a Web page and examines related factors, specifically Web site category, user experience. Two Web user groups (heavy use...

Solving Compare Problems: An Eye-Movement Test of Lewis and Mayer's Consistency Hypothesis

In an attempt to explain pupils' and even adults' difficulties with particular types of compare problems, Lewis and Mayer (1987) have presented a model that simulates the comprehension processes when solving these problems. The basis of their model is the "consistency hypothesis", according to which students are more likely to make comprehension errors when the order of the terms in tha relatio...

An eye movement study of the fan effect :

An eye movement study of insight problem solving.

The representational change theory of insight claims that insight problems cause impasses because they mislead problem solvers into constructing inappropriate initial representations. Insight is attained when the initial representation is changed. In the present study (N = 24), we tested three specific implications of these hypotheses against eye movements recorded while participants solved mat...

Linguistic focus and memory: an eye movement study.

We report an eyetracking study investigating the effects of linguistic focus on eye movements and memory during two readings of a text. Across two presentations of the text, a critical word either changed to a semantically related word or remained unchanged. Focus on the critical word was manipulated using context. Eye movements were monitored during reading, and there was a secondary task of d...