Mechanics of reading

UK cognitive scientists studying reading have discovered the mechanics behind how our eyes read a written page.

The team’s results demonstrated that both eyes lock on to the same letter 53% of the time; for 39% of the time they see different letters with uncrossed eyes; and for 8% of the time the eyes are crossing to focus on different letters.


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