Subjective Impressions Do Not Mirror Online Reading Effort: Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media

Franziska Kretzschmar; Dominique Pleimling; Jana Hosemann; Stephan Füssel; Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky; Matthias Schlesewsky

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056178

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Subjective Impressions Do Not Mirror Online Reading Effort: Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media

Franziska Kretzschmar,

Affiliation Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Dominique Pleimling,

Affiliation Institute of Book and Media Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Jana Hosemann,

Affiliation Department of German Philology, Georg August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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Stephan Füssel,

Affiliation Institute of Book and Media Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky,

Affiliation Department of Germanic Linguistics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Matthias Schlesewsky

* E-mail: schlesew@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Subjective Impressions Do Not Mirror Online Reading Effort: Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media

Franziska Kretzschmar,
Dominique Pleimling,
Jana Hosemann,
Stephan Füssel,
Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky,
Matthias Schlesewsky

Published: February 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056178

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