One advantage of the qReading method is that the method can be easily modified to test reading in different conditions. In the current study, we measured the reading function in a specific reading condition: viewing simple sentences (10 common words per sentence, ≤6 letters per word) presented with the RSVP paradigm at 10° eccentricity in the periphery. In future studies, we can evaluate the reading function using other variations of reading materials, such as words with a fixed length, words with various frequencies, sentences with scrambled word order, etc. We can also adopt other text-presentation methods (e.g., page reading); position text at various retinal locations; present text in different contrasts, spacings, fonts, colors, and directions; and employ different reading tasks. The easy modification of the qReading method will allow us to test these aforementioned alternative conditions. In a parallel study, Hou et al. (
2018) developed and applied the qReading method to a word/nonword judgment task. After viewing a five-letter string, the observers were instructed to indicate if the letter string was a word or nonword. Although it can be considered as a truncated, one-word, silent version of the RSVP task, the lexical decision task used in the Hou et al. (
2018) study only examines word recognition and ignores many nonvisual linguistic factors, such as grammar and context in reading. Similarly, they found that the qReading method was accurate, precise, and efficient compared to the corresponding conventional testing method. Arango et al. (
2017) also applied the qReading method to another reading task in which participants indicated whether four-word sentences were logically true or false (Crossland, Legge, & Dakin,
2008). Both of these studies were performed in central vision where reading performance is much less limited by sensory factors (decreasing resolution, mislocations, and crowding) in comparison to peripheral vision (He, Legge, & Yu,
2013; Yu, Legge, Wagoner, & Chung,
2014). These studies demonstrate the flexibility in applying the qReading technique to efficient assessment of reading performance.