Table 1 Definitions and Abbreviations of the Nine Eye-Movement Measures.

From: The database of eye-movement measures on words in Chinese reading

Eye-Movement Measures

Abbreviations

Definition

First fixation duration*

FFD

Duration of the first fixation on the target word

Gaze duration*

GD

Sum of the fixation durations before the target word is exited to the right or left during first-pass reading

First-pass reading fixated proportion*

FPF

Proportion that the target word is fixated during the first-pass reading

Fixation number+

FN

Total number of fixations on the target word

Proportion regression in+

RI

Proportion of regression into the target word

Proportion regression out+

RO

Proportion of regression out from the target word

Saccade length toward the target from the left+

LI_left

Length of saccade into the target word when the word is first fixated from the left side (unit: character)

Saccade length from the target to the right+

LO_right

Length of the saccade from target word to the right after the word first fixated (unit: character)

Total fixation duration+

TT

Sum of the fixation durations on the target word

  1. Note. *Main measures in the database. +Supplementary measures in the database.