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.

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

2. Legge G.E., G.S. Rubin, D.G. Pelli & M.M. Schleske. Psychophysics of reading. II. Low vision. Vision Research, 25, 253-266, 1985. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

3. Pelli D.G., G.E. Legge & M.M. Schleske. Psychophysics of reading. III. A fiberscope low-vision reading aid. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 26, 751-763, 1985. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

4. Legge G.E. & G.S. Rubin. Psychophysics of reading. IV. Wavelength effects in normal and low vision. Journal of the Optical Society of America, A3, 40-51, 1986. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

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

6. Rubin G.S. & G.E. Legge. Psychophysics of reading. VI. The role of contrast in low vision. Vision Research, 29, 79-91, 1989. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

7. Legge G.E., J.A. Ross, K.T. Maxwell & A. Luebker. Psychophysics of reading. VII. Comprehension in normal and low vision. Clinical Vision Sciences, 4, 51-60, 1989. ( Abstract) ; (pdf version)

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

9. Parish D.H. & G.E. Legge. Psychophysics of reading. IX. The stability of eye position in normal and low vision. Unpublished Manuscript 8/89. ( Abstract) ; (pdf version)

10. Akutsu H., G.E. Legge, J.A. Ross & K. Schuebel. Psychophysics of reading. X. Effects of age related changes in vision. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 46, 325-331, 1991. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

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

12. Legge G.E., J.A. Ross, L.M. Isenberg & J.M. LaMay. Psychophysics of reading. XII. Clinical predictors of low-vision reading speed. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 33, 677-687, 1992. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

13. Ahn S.J. & G.E. Legge. Psychophysics of reading. XIII. Predictors of magnifier-aided reading speed in low vision. Vision Research, 35, 1931-1938, 1995. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

14. Beckmann P.J. & G.E. Legge. Psychophysics of reading. XIV. The page-navigation problem in using magnifiers. Vision Research, 36, 3723-3733, 1996. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

15. Mansfield J.S., Legge G.E. & Bane M.C. Psychophysics of reading. XV. Font effects in normal and low vision. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37, 1492-1501, 1996. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

16. Legge G.E., Ahn S.J., Klitz T.S. & Luebker A. Psychophysics of reading. XVI. The visual span in normal and low vision. Vision Research, 37, 1999-2010, 1997. (Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

17. Harland S., G.E. Legge & A. Luebker. Psychophysics of reading. XVII. Low- vision performance with four types of electronically magnified text. Optometry & Vision Science, 75, 183-190, 1998. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

18. Chung S.T.L., J.S. Mansfield & G.E. Legge. Psychophysics of reading. XVIII. The effect of print size on reading speed in normal peripheral vision. Vision Research, 38, 2949-2962,1998. ( Abstract from Pub Med) ; (pdf version)

19. Bruggeman H. & G.E. Legge. Psychophysics of reading. XIX. Hypertext search and retrieval with low vision. Proceedings of the IEEE, 90, 94-103, 2002. ; (pdf version)

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