Latvian and Russian textbooks: eye movements in reading text formatted in two columns

Roberts Paeglis; Irina Gorshanova; Kristine Bagucka; Ivars Lacis

doi:10.1117/12.815344

2 December 2008 Latvian and Russian textbooks: eye movements in reading text formatted in two columns

Roberts Paeglis, Irina Gorshanova, Kristine Bagucka, Ivars Lacis

Proceedings Volume 7142, Sixth International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD-6); 714219 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815344
Event: Sixth International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices, 2008, Riga, Latvia

Abstract

Research of eye movements in reading textbooks suggests that reading the Cyrillic-based Russian language differs from reading the extended Latin-based Latvian texts. Ten bilingual students were asked to start reading a book passage in Latvian and to continue reading the text in Russian. Key parameters in information processing have been analyzed. Even though the difference in duration of fixations does not reach statistical significance, saccade size and regression rate are smaller in Russian.

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Roberts Paeglis, Irina Gorshanova, Kristine Bagucka, and Ivars Lacis "Latvian and Russian textbooks: eye movements in reading text formatted in two columns", Proc. SPIE 7142, Sixth International Conference on Advanced Optical Materials and Devices (AOMD-6), 714219 (2 December 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.815344

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