Cognitive psychologist Simon Liversidge from the University of Southampton stated that when reading, a person's eyes look at different letters about 50 percent of the time. At the same time, the lines of sight can either diverge in different directions or intersect. As is known, when reading, quick small jumps of the eyes alternate with stops, i.e. the eyes move from word to word, pausing briefly to read it. Until now, experts believed that when fixating, the eyes usually focus on the same letter. However, new research by psychologists led by Dr. Liversidge has refuted this theory. During the experiments, a volunteer read a text typed in 14th point from a distance of one meter, and at this Over time, researchers used an invisible infrared beam to record his eye movements. It turned out that 53 percent of the time the eyes actually look at the same letter, but 47 percent look at different ones. 39 percent of the time, of these 47 percent, the lines of sight diverge, and 8 percent of the time - cross. Psychologists note that even when the eyes look at different letters, the brain still combines them into one picture.