Saccade

In a groundbreaking study, Baron-Cohen, Leslie, and Frith (1985) compared children with Autism aged between 6 and 16 to two other groups which were, children who suffered from down syndrome aged from 7 to 17, and the control group which were children with no cognitive or social disorders aged from 3 to 6. In comparing these three groups Baron-Cohen et al found the cognitive ability of the three different populations differed. After looking at two different standardized test which were the…

The Mathematics and History behind Baseball Baseball, also known as our National Pastime, has been fun and exciting to watch or play for over 150 years. The first ever baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine crushed the New York Knickerbockers, 23-1. The game of baseball was played according to rules drawn by Alexander J. Cartwright. There was a myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball but it was Cartwright who laid out the present dimensions of…

Characteristics of Vision in Children with CVI The visual system is a powerful and complex tool for understanding and perceiving the world. It has many aspects and dimensions that change throughout an individual’s lifetime. Therefore, it is unsurprising that there are many stages of vision at which perception can become impaired. Cortical (or cerebral) visual impairment (CVI) refers to any impairment or loss of vision brought about by damage to the brain or the central nervous system, rather…

and a mild vibratory sense loss in her distal lower extremities. The Romberg’s test was negative and the tandem gait was rated as mildly unstable. Neurological examinations show “no extraocular motor palsy” nor “difficulties with smooth pursuit or saccades”. However, there is a decrease in hearing on the left side and a numbness of the right side of her face as well as of the entire right body side. The Weber test and the Rinne’s test show a sensory-neural hearing loss on the left. Additional…

findings are linked to information on how readers process language and its implications to language teaching. Some researchers have explored spacing and word boundaries within writing systems, focusing on its effects on readers’ landing positions and saccades (e.g., Li, Liu, & Rayner, 2011; 2015), fixations and word frequency (e.g., Yan, Tian, Bai, & Rayner, 2006; Li et al., 2013), word identification (e.g., Li, Rayner, & Cave, 2009; Epelboim et al., 1996), acquisition of new vocabulary (e.g.,…