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College students read a passage presented in AlTeRnAtInG cAsE on a CRT while their eye movements were monitored. During certain saccades, the case of every letter was changed (a became A, B became b). This change was not perceived and had no effect on eye movements. Apparently visual features of the type which specify the difference between upper- and lowercase letters are not integrated across fixations during reading.
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This research was supported by Grant MH24241 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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McConkie, G.W., Zola, D. Is visual information integrated across successive fixations in reading?. Perception & Psychophysics 25, 221–224 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202990
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