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Abstract：
Word search puzzles are recognized as a valid word recognition task. Eye gaze patterns have been investigated during visual search and reading, but the word search puzzle requires both searching and word recognition. This paper will discuss findings from an eye-tracking study of word search puzzles in three languages, of varying fluency for the participants. Results indicated that participants employ a search strategy that is somewhat dependent on language fluency and varies from a rigid, structured search pattern to randomly searching for a target word. The majority of gaze measurements are not significantly influenced by either word length or fluency of presented language, although mean fixation durations are longer for shorter words.
摘要：
单词搜索难题被识别为有效的单词识别任务。在视觉搜索和阅读过程中已经研究了眼睛凝视模式，但是单词搜索难题需要搜索和单词识别。本文将讨论对三种语言的单词搜索难题进行眼动追踪研究的结果，参与者的流利程度各不相同。结果表明，参与者采用的搜索策略在某种程度上取决于语言的流畅性，并且从严格的，结构化搜索模式来随机搜索目标词。大多数凝视测量结果都不受所呈现语言的字长或流畅性的显著影响，尽管对于较短的单词，平均固定持续时间较长。
