Rayner, White, Johnson, and Liversedge (2006) examined fixation times for words that were normal or jumbled. They found that
a) words with the internal letters transposed had the longest fixation times.
b) words with the initial letter transposed had the longest fixation times.
c) fixation times for normal words and for words with ending letters transposed were the same.
d) there was no difference between words with internal, ending, or beginning letters transposed.
Answer: b
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