Eye read, therefore eye …?

Using eye tracking to investigate children with and without reading disorder during reading acquisition. In the talk, a longitudinal study on reading acquisition and eye movements will be presented.

Close to eight million people in Germany struggle with reading, and as one of the peak bodies for promoting literacy, Stiftung Lesen (German Reading Foundation) wants to change that. As part of its activities, the organization conducts research into the behaviors and reading habits of young people and adults.

Researchers from the Netherlands used Tobii Pro Glasses and an infrared motion-capturing system to understand the reading strategies of both sighted and braille-dependent students when reading algebraic expressions.