?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+right+visual+field+advantage+and+the+optimal+viewing+position+effect%3A+On+the+relation+between+foveal+and+parafoveal+word+recognition&rft.creator=Brysbaert%2C+M.&rft.creator=Vitu%2C+F.&rft.creator=Schroyens%2C+W.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Recent+developments+on+the+optimal+viewing+position+(OVP)+effect+suggest+that+it+may+be+caused%0Aby+the+same+factors+that+underlie+the+right+visual+field+advantage+in+word+recognition.+This+raises%0Athe+question+of+the+relationship+between+foveal+and+parafoveal+word+recognition.+Three%0Aexperiments+are+reported+in+which+participants+identified+tachistoscopically+presented+words+that%0Awere+presented+randomly+in+foveal+and+parafoveal+vision.+The+results+show+that+both+the+OVP%0Aeffect+and+the+right+visual+field+advantage+for+word+recognition+are+part+of+a+larger+extended+OVP%0Acurve+that+has+the+shape+of+a+Gaussian+distribution+with+the+mode+shifted+to+the+left+of+the+center+of%0Athe+stimulus+word.+The+shift+of+the+distribution+is+a+function+of+word+length%2C+but+not+of+presentation%0Aduration%3B+it+is+also+slightly+moderated+by+the+information+value+of+word+beginning+and+word+end.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3443%2F1%2Fbrysbaert_et_al._neuropsychology_1996.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brysbaert%2C+M.+and+Vitu%2C+F.+and+Schroyens%2C+W.++(1996)+The+right+visual+field+advantage+and+the+optimal+viewing+position+effect%3A+On+the+relation+between+foveal+and+parafoveal+word+recognition.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3443%2F