SWIFT: A Dynamical Model of Saccade Generation during Reading

  • Mathematical models have become an important tool for understanding the control of eye movements during reading. Main goals of the development of the SWIFT model (Engbert, Longtin, & Kliegl, 2002)were to investigate the possibility of spatially distributed processing and to implement a general mechanism for all types of eye movements we observe in reading experiments. Here, we present an advanced version of SWIFT which integrates properties of the oculomotor system and effects of word recognition to explain many of the experimental phenomena faced in reading research. We propose new procedures for the estimation of model parameters and for the test of the model’s performance. A mathematical analysis of the dynamics of the SWIFT model is presented. Finally, within this framework, we present an analysis of the transition from parallel to serial processing.

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Author details:Ralf EngbertORCiDGND, Antje Nuthmann, Eike M. Richter, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-57145
Publication series (Volume number):Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 254)
Publication type:Postprint
Language:English
Publication year:2005
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2011/12/13
Source:Psychological Review. - ISSN 0033-295X. - 112 (2005), 4, S. 777-813
Organizational units:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie
DDC classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Institution name at the time of the publication:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
External remark:This is a preprint of the artical first published in:
Psychological Review
DOI:10.1037/0033-295X.112.4.744
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