Word: ophthalmograph
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Diagnosis. Since 1937, Dr. Center and her staff have taught 5,000 children and adults at the clinic. First comes diagnosis. The clinicians check to see whether eye trouble is to blame. Then an ophthalmograph photographs the student's eye movements as he reads: how often he pauses on a word or goes back to reread, whether he reads smoothly or in jerks. The clinic also runs the student through a barrage of speed, comprehension, vocabulary, intelligence and psychological tests, uncovers victims of emotional blocks (e.g., jealousy, insecurity) and "mixed dominance" (a brain twist that makes some people read...
First step in Dr. Center's clinic is to measure hops, fixations and regressions with an ophthalmograph. which takes motion pictures of a reader's eye movements. The resulting picture looks like sets of stairs, recording the eye's stops and jerks. If the reader is efficient, the stairs are regular...
Some discoveries through the ophthalmograph...
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