EFFECTS OF CONTEXTUAL CONSTRAINT ON EYE-MOVEMENTS IN READING - A FURTHER EXAMINATION

The effect of contextual constraint on eye movements in reading was ex amined by asking subjects to read sentences that contained a target wo rd that varied in contextual constraint; high-, medium-, or low-constr aint target words were used. Subjects fixated low-constraint target wo rds longer than they did either high- or medium-constraint target word s. In addition, they skipped high-constraint words more than they did either medium- or low-constraint target words. The results further con firm that contextual constraint has a strong influence on eye movement s during reading.