5-letter anagram problems were presented to field-independent and field-dependent Ss and their corneally reflected EMs were examined concomitantly. The data suggest that field-independent Ss are apt to spend less initial time examining specific letters than field-dependent Ss and that males are more deliberate in their visual search than females. The results are discussed in terms of two factors reflecting analytical perception, number of shifts between letters and mean latency to first 5 looks.
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