Sensory-feedback analysis of reading

Abstract

This research investigates the space displacement of printed matter as an experimental technique for sensory-feedback analysis of reading behavior. 1 experiment compares the relative effects of inversion and reversal of reading material on errors and time of reading. Another determines angular rotation breakdown displacement angles of normal reading pace. Results show that reversal and inversion of the visual feedback of reading have more or less equivalent effects on the overall efficiency of reading performance. Significant asymmetric breakdown angular-displacement thresholds for right and left rotation of printed material also have been found. These differential-rotational thresholds may be related to handedness. The results suggest that the anisotropy of reading behavior is based on movement specialization related to the dynamic spatial orientation of eye movements and of the visual sensory data generated by such movements. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)