Neural correlates of individual differences in fixation duration during natural reading

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP
John M HendersonJoseph Schmidt

Abstract

Reading requires integration of language and cognitive processes with attention and eye movement control. Individuals differ in their reading ability, but little is known about the neurocognitive processes associated with these individual differences. To investigate this issue, we combined eyetracking and fMRI, simultaneously recording eye movements and BOLD activity while subjects read text passages. We found that the variability and skew of fixation duration distributions across individuals, as assessed by ex-Gaussian analyses, decreased with increasing neural activity in regions associated with the cortical eye movement control network (Left FEF, Left IPS, Left IFG, and Right IFG). The results suggest that individual differences in fixation duration during reading are related to underlying neurocognitive processes associated with the eye movement control system and its relationship to language processing. The results also show that eye movements and fMRI can be combined to investigate the neural correlates of individual differences in natural reading.

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May 16, 2019·Language, Cognition and Neuroscience·Nicole A HimmelstossStefan Hawelka
Jun 5, 2014·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience·John M HendersonSteven G Luke

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