Frances Cooley

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Liberal Studies

2025 Submissions

Journal Paper

Cooley, Frances G., et al. "Identifying text-based factors that contribute to the superior reading efficiency of skilled deaf readers: An eye-tracking study of length, frequency, and predictability." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 51. 7 (2025): 1178-1189. Print. *

Cooley, Frances G., et al. "Presenting the Signers’ Eye-movements in English Reading (SEER) Corpus: An eye-tracking dataset of reading behaviors by deaf early signers and hearing controls." Behavior Research Methods. (2025): tbd. Print. *

Grants

Cooley, Frances G. (2025-2028). Deafness, vocabulary knowledge, and the emergence of reading efficiency: Evidence from eye-tracking. Grant received/funded by NIH, NIDCD. *

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Emmorey, Karen, et al. "Assessing the effects of sign language experience vs. deafness on the leftward reading span." 30 Jul. 2025. TS - typescript (typed). *

Schotter, Elizabeth R., et al. "Assessing individual differences in the perceptual and word identification spans during reading in deaf and hearing adult readers." 30 Jun. 2025. TS - typescript (typed). *

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Cooley, Frances G., Karen Emmorey, and Elizabeth R. Schotter. "Deafness or Visual Language Experience: What Drives Deaf Early Signers’ Efficient Reading?" Proceedings of the Psychonomics, 11/21/2025. Ed. NA. Denver, Colorado: n.p.. *

Emmorey, Karen, et al. "Assessing the effects of sign language experience vs. deafness on the leftward reading span." Proceedings of the Psychonomics, 11/21/2025. Ed. NA. Denver, CO: n.p.. *

2024 Submissions

Journal Paper

Cooley, Frances G., et al. "Identifying text-based factors that contribute to the superior reading efficiency of skilled deaf readers: An eye-tracking study of length, frequency, and predictability." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. (2024): 41. Web. *

Stringer, Casey, et al. "Deaf readers use leftward information to read more efficiently: Evidence from eye-tracking." Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 77. 10 (2024): 2098-2110. Print. *

Schotter, Elizabeth, et al. "The Role of Perceptual and Word Identification Spans in Reading Efficiency: Evidence From Hearing and Deaf Readers." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 153. 10 (2024): 2359-2377. Print. *

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Sinclair, Grace, et al. "The Impact of a Wider Reading Span on Landing Positions and Fixation Durations: A Comparison of Deaf and Hearing Readers." 30 Oct. 2024. TS - typescript (typed). *

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Schotter, Elizabeth, et al. "Where and When Saccade Decisions Do Not Dissociate with Perceptual and Word Identification Spans: Evidence from the Eye Movements of Deaf and Hearing Readers." Proceedings of the Psychonomics, 11/24/24. Ed. NA. New York, NY: n.p.. *

Emmorey, Karen, et al. "The unique eye movement profile of deaf readers reveals the plasticity of the reading system." Proceedings of the European Conference on Eye-Movements, 8/2024, Maynooth Ireland. Ed. NA. Maynooth, Ireland: n.p.. *

Cooley, Frances G., et al. "A Corpus of Length, Frequency, and Surprisal Effects in Deaf and Hearing Readers." Proceedings of the European Conference on Eye-Movements, 8/2024, Maynooth Ireland. Ed. NA. Maynooth, Ireland: n.p.. *

Cooley, Frances G., et al. "Length, frequency, and surprisal effects and reading efficiency: Evidence from a corpus analysis of deaf and hearing readers’ eye-movements." Proceedings of the Psychonomics, New York, NY 11/23/24. Ed. NA. New York, NY: n.p.. *

Sinclair, Grace, et al. "The Effect of a Larger Reading Span on Landing Position in Deaf Readers: An Eye-tracking Study." Proceedings of the Psychonomics, 11/24/24. Ed. NA. New York, NY: n.p.. *