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Assessing the Effects of Sign Language Experience Versus Deafness on the Leftward Reading Span.
Karen Emmorey, Emily M Akers, Emily Saunders, Marzieh Bannazadeh, Elizabeth Droubi, Frances G Cooley, Elizabeth R Schotter
Published: 202510.1111/cogs.70162
Abstract
Both deafness and sign language experience impact the distribution of visual attention, and either factor could affect reading span size, the area around fixation from which useful information is obtained. In contrast to the typical asymmetrical span…
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