E-Z Reader: a cognitive-control, serial-attention model of eye-movement behavior during reading

Erik D. Reichle; Alexander Pollatsek; Keith Rayner

doi:10.1016/j.cogsys.2005.07.002

E-Z Reader: a cognitive-control, serial-attention model of eye-movement behavior during reading

Erik D. Reichle^*, Alexander Pollatsek, Keith Rayner

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Abstract

The two core assumptions of the E-Z Reader model of eye-movement control during reading are that: (1) a preliminary stage of lexical access (i.e., the familiarity check) triggers the initiation of a saccadic program to move the eyes from one word to the next; and (2) attention is allocated serially, to one word at a time. This paper provides an overview of the model, some of the research that motivated its assumptions, and the various reading-related phenomena that the model can account for. This paper also summarizes how the model has been and is currently being used to guide empirical research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-22
Number of pages	19
Journal	Cognitive Systems Research
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2005.07.002
Publication status	Published - Mar 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

attention
computational model
E-Z Reader
eye-movement control
lexical access
reading
saccades

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