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Eye movements in solving letter series
completion problems
Selina Wriessnegger, Gabriele Janzen, Dietrich Albert
Summary
Letter series completion problems (LSC-problems) are common
tasks to measure peoples’ ability in problem solving. The process of
inductive reasoning in solving such problems was investigated
in an experiment by the means of eye movement analysis. We developed
an eye movement model on the basis of a process model by Simon and
Kotovsky (1963). Our model assigns specific eye movements to
three different solution steps. The predictions of the model are
empirically examined and the results show that eye movements can serve
as an indicator of the predicted solution steps.
Key words: Letter series completion
problems, eye-movements, inductive reasoning
Mag. Selina Wriessnegger
Karl-Franzens-University Graz
(now at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, München,
Germany)
Dr. Gabriele Janzen
Karl-Franzens-University Graz
(now at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Albert
Institut für Psychologie
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Universitätsplatz 2/III
A-8010 Graz
Austria
    
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