words take longer to encode and lexically access), and the text level (more important parts of the text, like topics or definitions take longer to process than less important parts). This analysis generated a verbal description of a model of the reading process that is consistent with the observed fixation durations. The details of the data, analysis, and model are reported elsewhere [5]. Some of the most intriguing aspects of the eye-fixation data concern trends that we have failed to find. Trends within noun phrases and verb phrases seem notable by their absence. .
