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information entity > measure > perceptual span

Preferred term

perceptual span  

Definition

  • Number of items that a person is able to perceive after a very short exposure time (a few milliseconds).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • field of effective vision
  • visual span

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • 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

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

  • • McConkie, G. W., & Rayner, K. (1976). Asymmetry of the perceptual span in reading. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 8(5), 365–368. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335168

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-TBG45WFW-W

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