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This work was supported by Grant HD12727 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Requests for reprints should be sent to Robert Morrison, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003.
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Morrison, R.E., Rayner, K. Saccade size in reading depends upon character spaces and not visual angle. Perception & Psychophysics 30, 395–396 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206156
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