Chinese readers make saccadic eye movements when they are reading a book written in Chinese script. Compared to English readers, the Chinese readers
a. move their eyes only two to three characters in a saccade, because each Chinese character contains more information.
b. move their eyes a greater distance in a saccade, because each Chinese character provides less information.
c. move their eyes a greater distance in a saccade, because each Chinese character provides more grammatical information.
d. move their eyes a greater distance in a saccade, because English has so many irregularities in its spelling.
Ans: a
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