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perceptual span: a standalone construct

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Psycholinguistics

the region of text around each fixation from which readers pick up useful information during reading.

In psycholinguistics, perceptual span refers to the region of text around each fixation from which readers pick up useful information during reading. This meaning comes from McConkie (1975) in Perception & Psychophysics.[1]

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References

McConkie, G. W., & Rayner, K. (1975). The span of the effective stimulus during a fixation in reading. Perception & Psychophysics, 17(6), 578-586. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03203972

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