01486nas a2200121   4500008003900000245010700039210006900146300001400215490000700229520098600236100002101222856012101243       2005                          d00aViewing eye movements during reading through the lens of chaos theory: How reading is like the weather0 aViewing eye movements during reading through the lens of chaos t  a338–3580 v403 a<p>
	THIS THEORETICAL article examines reading processes using chaos theory as an analogy. Three principles of chaos theory are identified and discussed, then related to reading processes as revealed through eye movement research. Used as an analogy, the chaos theory principle of sensitive dependence contributes to understanding the difficulty in predicting the nature of a reader&rsquo;s eye movement regressions, the principle of self-similarity is realized in the statistical similarity of a reader&rsquo;s eye movements at different levels of text, and the principle of nonlinearity is demonstrated through the intersection of eye movements and oral reading miscue analysis. When related to chaos theory in this way, reading can be described as a self-similar, nonlinear dynamical system sensitively dependent on reader and text characteristics throughout the reading process. Implications of viewing reading processes through a chaos theory perspective are discussed.</p>
1 aPaulson, Eric, J  uhttps://www.emmaforum.org/content/viewing-eye-movements-during-reading-through-lens-chaos-theory-how-reading-weather