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Psychophysics of Reading:
Normal and Low Vision

This series of papers describes research on the psychophysics of reading conducted at the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research by Gordon E. Legge and his colleagues. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

I.

Legge, G.E., Pelli, D.G., Rubin, G.S., & Schleske, M.M. (1985). Psychophysics of reading. I. Normal vision. Vision Research, 25, 239-252. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

II. Legge, G.E., Rubin, G.S., Pelli, D.G., & Schleske, M.M. (1985). Psychophysics of reading. II. Low vision. Vision Research, 25, 253-266. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
III. Pelli, D.G., Legge, G.E., & Schleske, M.M. (1985). Psychophysics of reading. III. A fiberscope low-vision reading aid. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 26, 751-763. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
IV. Legge, G.E. & Rubin, G.S. (1986). Psychophysics of reading. IV. Wavelength effects in normal and low vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A3, 40-51. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
V.

Legge, G.E., Rubin, G.S., & Luebker, A. (1987). Psychophysics of reading. V. The role of contrast in normal vision. Vision Research, 27, 1165-1171. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

VI. Rubin, G.S. & Legge, G.E. (1989). Psychophysics of reading. VI. The role of contrast in low vision. Vision Research, 29, 79-91. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
VII. Legge, G.E., Ross, J.A., Maxwell, K.T., & Luebker, A. (1989). Psychophysics of reading. VII. Comprehension in normal and low vision. Clinical Vision Sciences, 4, 51-60. ( Abstract) ; (pdf version)
VIII.

Legge, G.E., Ross, J.A., Luebker, A., & LaMay, J.M. (1989). Psychophysics of reading. VIII. The Minnesota low-vision reading test. Optometry and Vision Science , 66, 843-853. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

IX. Parish, D.H. & Legge, G.E. Psychophysics of reading. IX. The stability of eye position in normal and low vision. Unpublished Manuscript 8/89. ( Abstract) ; (pdf version)
X. Akutsu, H., Legge, G.E., Ross, J.A., & Schuebel, K. (1991). Psychophysics of reading. X. Effects of age related changes in vision. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 46, 325-331. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XI.

Legge, G.E., Parish, D.H., Luebker, A., & Wurm, L.H. (1990). Psychophysics of reading. XI. Comparing luminance and color contrast. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A7, 2002-2010. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

XII. Legge, G.E., Ross, J.A., Isenberg, L.M., & LaMay, J.M. (1992). Psychophysics of reading. XII. Clinical predictors of low-vision reading speed. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 33, 677-687. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XIII. Ahn, S.J. & Legge, G.E. (1995). Psychophysics of reading. XIII. Predictors of magnifier-aided reading speed in low vision. Vision Research, 35, 1931-1938. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XIV. Beckmann, P.J. & Legge, G.E. (1996). Psychophysics of reading. XIV. The page-navigation problem in using magnifiers. Vision Research, 36, 3723-3733. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XV. Mansfield, J.S., Legge, G.E.,& Bane, M.C. (1996). Psychophysics of reading. XV. Font effects in normal and low vision. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37, 1492-1501. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XVI. Legge, G.E., Ahn, S.J., Klitz, T.S. & Luebker, A. (1997). Psychophysics of reading. XVI. The visual span in normal and low vision. Vision Research, 37, 1999-2010. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XVII. Harland, S., Legge, G.E., & Luebker, A. (1998). Psychophysics of reading. XVII. Low- vision performance with four types of electronically magnified text. Optometry & Vision Science, 75, 183-190. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XVIII. Chung, S.T.L., Mansfield, J.S., & Legge, G.E. (1998). Psychophysics of reading. XVIII. The effect of print size on reading speed in normal peripheral vision. Vision Research, 38, 2949-2962. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)
XIX. Bruggeman, H. & Legge, G.E. (2002). Psychophysics of reading. XIX. Hypertext search and retrieval with low vision. Proceedings of the IEEE, 90, 94-103. (pdf version)
XX.

Legge, G.E., Mansfield, J.S., & Chung, S.T.L. (2001). Psychophysics of reading. XX. Linking letter recognition to reading speed in central and peripheral vision. Vision Research, 41, 725-734. (Abstract from Pub Med); (pdf version)

An update on research in reading and vision is presented in: Legge, G.E. (2007). Psychophysics of Reading in Normal and Low Vision . Mahwah , NJ & London : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-8058-4328-0
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • 1. Vision and Reading
  • 2. Measuring Reading Speed
  • 3. Visual Mechanisms in Reading
  • 4. Displaying Text
  • 5. The MNREAD Acuity Chart (Co-authored with J.S. Mansfield)
  • Appendix: Print Size Definitions and Conversions (Co-authored with J.S. Mansfield)
  • A compact disk accompanies the book and contains reprints of the 20 journal articles in the Psychophysics of Reading series
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