People of different cultures tend to have different cognitive processing styles. Philosophers throughout the years have believed that culture fundamentally shapes human social practices and intellectual processes (Nisbett, 2004). Cognitive styles have been found to be significan…
This thesis explores the effects of discourse context, specifically whether a referent is discourse-given or discourse-new, on the online processing of the dative alternation and the active/passive alternation. Previous research provides support that the discourse status of a re…
Medical images constitute a special class of images that are captured to allow diagnosis of disease, and their "correct" interpretation is vitally important. Because they are not "natural" images, radiologists must be trained to visually interpret them. This training process inc…
Research on interactions with multimedia instruction can reveal a great deal about the impact of visualization and its affect on learning. Eye-tracking is one of the methods used to examine visual processing. Eye tracking provides a unique opportunity to test hypotheses that rel…
During my PhD research I investigated the possible roles of fixational eye movements (FeyeM) in visual perception. It is commonly accepted among researchers in this area, that FeyeM are divided into three types of eye movements, namely; Drift, Tremor and Microsaccades. The main …
Eye Tracking in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism provides foundational knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and analysing eye-tracking research in applied linguistics. Godfroid's research synthesis and methodological guide introduces the reader to…
Eye Tracking in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism provides foundational knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and analysing eye-tracking research in applied linguistics. Godfroid's research synthesis and methodological guide introduces the reader to…
Eye Tracking in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism provides foundational knowledge and hands-on advice for designing, conducting, and analysing eye-tracking research in applied linguistics. Godfroid's research synthesis and methodological guide introduces the reader to…