Purpose
Attentive to task-related information is the prerequisite for task completion. Comparing the cognition between attentive readers (AR) and inattentive readers (IAR) is of great value for improving reading services which has seldom been studied. To explore their cognitive differences, this study investigates the effectiveness, efficiency and cognitive resource allocation strategy by eye-tracking technology.
Design/methodology/approach
A controlled user study of two types of task, fact-finding (FF) and content understanding (CU) tasks was ...