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New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading

By Victor Kuperman, Professor, Department of Linguistics and Languages, McMaster University
Nadia Lana, PhD Candidate, Cognitive Science, McMaster University
Olga Parshina, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Middlebury

The language you learn as a child becomes the lens through which you understand the world. A team of researchers from over 30 countries has found it also affects how you read in your second language.

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