A Bayesian approach to dynamical modeling of eye-movement control in reading of normal, mirrored, and scrambled texts.

doi:10.31234/osf.io/nw2pb

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A Bayesian approach to dynamical modeling of eye-movement control in reading of normal, mirrored, and scrambled texts.

Published Dec 11, 2019 · M. M. Rabe, Johan Chandra, A. Krügel

Psychological review

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Abstract

In eye-movement control during reading, advanced process-oriented models have been developed to reproduce behavioral data. So far, model complexity and large numbers of model parameters prevented rigorous statistical inference and modeling of interindividual differences. Here we propose a Bayesian approach to both problems for one representative computational model of sentence reading (SWIFT; Engbert et al., Psychological Review, 112, 2005, pp. 777-813). We used experimental data from 36 subjects who read the text in a normal and one of four manipulated text layouts (e.g., mirrored and scrambled letters). The SWIFT model was fitted to subjects and experimental conditions individually to investigate between-subject variability. Based on posterior distributions of model parameters, fixation probabilities and durations are reliably recovered from simulated data and reproduced for withheld empirical data, at both the experimental condition and subject levels. A subsequent statistical analysis of model parameters across reading conditions generates model-driven explanations for observable effects between conditions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Key takeawayThe Bayesian approach to eye-movement control during reading allows for more accurate statistical inference and modeling of interindividual differences.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

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