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Dr. Sarah J. White
Lecturer
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Brief research intro: At any one time, we can only view a small part of the text in detail, so we move our eyes in order to provide a series of visually detailed snapshots that we then cleverly integrate together. I am particularly interested in how we process text before it is fixated (parafoveal processing) and the mechanisms underlying what controls the movements of our eyes as we read. The research helps us understand how the visual, linguistic, attention control and oculomotor mechanisms are inter-related. Find out more here.
Recent publications
A full publication list, details of conference presentations and CV are also available. Publications are available to download for personal use here, or you can email me to request a copy.
White, S.J., & Staub, A. (in press). The distribution of fixation durations during reading: Effects of stimulus quality. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
White, S.J., Warren, T., & Reichle, E.D. (2011). Parafoveal preview during reading: Effects of sentence position. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37, 1221-1238.
Staub, A., White, S.J., Drieghe, D., Hollway, E.C., & Rayner, K. (2010). Distributional effects of word frequency on eye fixation durations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36, 1280-1293.
Warren, T., White, S.J., & Reichle, E.D. (2009). Investigating the causes of wrap-up effects: Evidence from eye movements and E-Z Reader. Cognition, 111, 132-137.
White, S. J. (2008). Eye movement control during reading: Effects of word frequency and orthographic familiarity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 205-223.
White, S.J., Bertram, R, & Hyönä, J. (2008). Semantic processing of previews within compound words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 34, 988-993.
White, S.J., Johnson, R.L., Liversedge, S.P., & Rayner, K. (2008). Eye movements when reading transposed text: The importance of word beginning letters. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34, 1261-1276.
