Shorter lines facilitate reading in those who struggle.

People with dyslexia, who ordinarily struggle to read, sometimes remark that reading is easier when e-readers are used. Here, we used eye tracking to observe high school students with dyslexia as they read using these devices. Among the factors investigated, we found that reading using a small devic...

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Main Authors: Matthew H Schneps, Jenny M Thomson, Gerhard Sonnert, Marc Pomplun, Chen Chen, Amanda Heffner-Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23940709/pdf/?tool=EBI