Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 85-91.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.01.12

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Eye Movement Control in Chinese Reading: A Summary over the Past 20 Years of Research

BAI Xuejun, LI Xin, YAN Guoli   

  1. Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300074
  • Online:2015-01-15 Published:2015-01-15

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Abstract: Researches on eye movement control in Chinese reading over the past 20 years were reviewed systematically. The oculomotor control system in reading has to make constant decisions in relation to the two issues: (1) what determines "when" to move the eyes; and (2) what determines "where" to move next? A great deal of research has investigated how word boundary information, word frequency, familiarity, predictability, semantic transparency, concreteness, the characteristic of non-fixated words and age of acquisition influence the "when" decision. There are also researches (though comparatively limited) investigating how font size, stroke complexity, character structure, word length, word construction, inter-word spaces, frequency, predictability, reasonability, readers' age and reading ability influence the "where" decision. Both commonalities and differences of the characteristics of eye movement control exist in reading Chinese and alphabetic language scripts (like English). Therefore, in order to establish a model of eye movement control in Chinese reading, we should consider the current findings and the nature of Chinese characteristics.

Key words: Chinese reading, eye movements, eye movement control, fixation times, landing position

CLC Number: 

  • G442
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