ABSTRACT
The use of eye movements to study cognitive processing is increasing rapidly Although eye movements have long been used to study reading (Rayner, 1978, 1998, for comprehensive reviews), the development of less-expensive and easier-to-use eyetrackers, coupled with the ready availability of powerful computers and display devices, has allowed innovative researchers to conduct sophisticated and groundbreaking research into increasingly complex areas of cognitive functioning, ranging from the perception and representation of pictures of real-world scenes (e.g., Henderson & Hollingworth, 1999; Hollingworth & Henderson, 2002; Ryan, Althoff, Eberhard, & Sedivy, 1995; see also the chapters by Tanenhaus and Altmann in this volume) and sentence production (e.g. Griffin & Bock, 2000; Meyer, Sleiderink, & Levelt, 1998; see also the chapters by Bock, Irwin, & Davidson, by Griffin, and by Meyer, in this volume).
