Title :
Reading with a simulated central scotoma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Psychol., Kyoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Normal subjects were asked to read a Japanese text with a visual mask patch (simulated central scotoma) which obliterated foveal visual field and moved in asynchrony with eye during reading. When foveal visual field was masked horizontally with 4-8 character spaces reading became difficult. The results of a simulated central scotoma experiment indicate the importance of foveal and parafoveal vision during Japanese text reading
Keywords :
vision defects; foveal vision; obliterated foveal visual field; parafoveal vision; reading; simulated central scotoma; visual mask patch; Cathode ray tubes; Computational modeling; Computer vision; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Coupled mode analysis; Data analysis; Psychology; Retina; Size control;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Communication, 1993. Proceedings., 2nd IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1407-7
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.1993.367748
