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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Educ Gerontol. 2008 Jun;34(6):489–502. doi: 10.1080/03601270701835858

Table 3.

First Pass Fixation Times in ms per character, the Total Number of Regressions, and Total Fixation Durations in ms per character to Distracters as a Function of Distracter Length.

Distracter Length First Pass Fixations Regressions Total Fixations

M SD M SD M SD
Young Adults
 1-word 40 12 3.8 2.1 80 14
 2-words 55 11 6.1 2.4 98 14
 4-words 73 20 7.6 3.8 113 18

Older Adults
 1-word 64 13 2.7 2.4 121 16
 2-words 65 14 2.9 2.4 119 16
 4-words 69 13 2.2 2.2 123 15