Table 4.
Average total reading time and fixation rates for studies included in the meta-analysis, with check marks indicating whether each dataset better supports a linear or logarithmic model
| Total Time (ms) | linear | log | Fixation Rate (%) | linear | log | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC | MC | LC | HC | MC | LC | |||||
| 1) Rayner & Well 1996 | 294 | 301 | 360 | ✓ | 78 | 88 | 90 | ✓ | ||
| 2) Rayner, et al., 2005 | 408 | 469 | 503 | ✓ | 75 | 79 | 88 | ✓ | ||
| 3) Rayner et al., 2006 (younger) | 305 | 312 | 359 | ✓ | 75 | 80 | 83 | ✓ | ||
| 4) Rayner et al., 2006 (older) | 366 | 437 | 433 | ✓ | 71 | 77 | 76 | ✓ | ||
| 5) Sereno, et al., 2018 - Exp. 1 | 218 | 230 | 245 | ✓ | 72 | 73 | 76 | ✓ | ||
| 6) Sereno, et al., 2018 - Exp. 2 | 304 | 319 | 328 | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7) Paul - Exp. 3 (unpublished) | 235 | 267 | 273 | ✓ | 85 | 90 | 90 | ✓ | ||
| 8) Paul - Exp. 4 (unpublished) | 341 | 345 | 367 | ✓ | 86 | 88 | 88 | ✓ | ||
| Combined Data | 246.2 | 262.6 | 277.0 | ✓ | 75.7 | 79.4 | 81.4 | ✓ | ||