“…Ln the context of a question concerning information processing, Silverman stated "It is reasonable to assume that all the information, both verbal and pictorial, gets into the fovea" (Adams, 1982, p. 36). Silverman and Geisler (1986) indcated that Winnett and van Santen (personal communication to L. H. Silverman, March, 1981) observed that Silverman, Ross, et al (1978) and Heilbrun (1980) presented the same stimul~ but Heilbrun's were viewed from a closer distance. Winnett and van Santen calculated that Heilbrun's BEATING stimul~ had larger visual angles than those of Silverman, Ross, et al, a circumstance that changed the meaning of his messages because one or two extrafoveal letters did not register (Silverman & Geisler, 1986).…”