The effect of subject familiarity on comprehension and eye movements during reading

Leana Copeland, Tom Gedeon

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    Abstract

    We investigate factors affecting reading and overall comprehension of the underlying meaning and concepts within a piece of text using eye movements. Our objective is to identify eye movement measures that will predict reading comprehension, and intend to apply them in eLearning to create dynamic learning environments that can use eye movement to detect reader comprehension. We found that the self-reported familiarity of readers with the subject of documents affects their reading behaviour but not their total comprehension score, and found that we could identify answer-seeking behaviour and a measure of their actual familiarity with the text content using eye gaze.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
    Subtitle of host publicationAugmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Pages285-288
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)9781450325257
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    Event25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013 - Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Duration: 25 Nov 201329 Nov 2013

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013

    Conference

    Conference25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration, OzCHI 2013
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityAdelaide, SA
    Period25/11/1329/11/13

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