Are there two populations of refixations in the reading of long words?
Karine Doré-Mazars, Dorine Vergilino‐Perez, Thérèse Collins · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2003
This commentary focuses on the limitations of the E-Z Reader model in its attempt to explain refixation saccades in reading. Listing factors that influence probability of refixating leads the model to assume two sorts of refixations. However, taking into account data on the metrics of refixation saccades allows us to propose an alternative explanation for empirical observations reported in the literature.