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. 2010 Nov 16;43(1):239–257. doi: 10.3758/s13428-010-0031-2

Table 5.

Characteristics of fixation durations and saccade sizes for different tasks

Task No. of fixations Fixation durations (ms) Saccade lengths (°)
Mean Mean Median SD Mean Median SD
Reading English 1 203 (65) 261 (41) 229 (28) 150 (50) 1.77 (.35) 1.60 (.31) 1.20 (.34)
Reading English 2 175 (68) 251 (36) 223 (32) 135 (43) 1.95 (.49) 1.70 (.37) 1.45 (.54)
Reading Dutch 1 192 (86) 250 (45) 220 (23) 141 (62) 2.03 (.63) 1.88 (.68) 1.41 (.41)
Reading Dutch 2 169 (60) 261 (54) 229 (34) 149 (67) 2.06 (.42) 1.83 (.45) 1.52 (.26)
Reading Overall 185 (69) 257 (44) 226 (29) 145 (56) 1.94 (.47) 1.74 (.46) 1.38 (.40)
Search Shampoo 23 (14.0) 245 (43) 214 (42) 149 (50) 3.41 (.95) 2.25 (1.01) 3.34 (1.03)
Search Margarine 26 (7.5) 267 (57) 207 (67) 190 (67) 4.50 (1.49) 3.31 (1.60) 4.21 (1.40)
Search Overall 24 (11.8) 254 (50) 211 (43) 166 (60) 3.86 (1.31) 2.69 (1.38) 3.70 (1.26)
Ad Exploration 1 21 (10.6) 230 (46) 206 (41) 124 (48) 5.37 (1.17) 4.11 (1.89) 4.75 (1.03)
Ad Exploration 2 37 (15.9) 236 (35) 214 (24) 127 (47) 4.40 (.83) 2.90 (.89) 4.17 (.71)
Ad Exploration Overall 29 (15.6) 233 (41) 210 (34) 125 (47) 4.90 (1.13) 3.52 (1.61) 4.47 (.93)

Note: Standard deviations across individuals in parentheses