Abstract: Nowadays, the frequently used eye movement research paradigm in reading included moving window paradigm, moving mask paradigm, boundary paradigm, fast priming paradigm, disappearing text paradigm and visual - world paradigm, etc. The present paper introduced the experiment procedures, experimental rationales and the related studies of the six paradigms. And meanwhile, we made some suggestions concerning the usage of these paradigms. Moreover, the paper prospected the application of eye movement research paradigms in the future: (1) The important role of these paradigms for the study of eye movement control model; (2) The effective combinations between different kinds of paradigms and the application for the study of scene perception; (3) The combination between the eye movement paradigm and the electrophysiological techniques or neuroimaging techniques; (4) Eye movement research paradigms for the study of Chinese reading.

Key words: reading, eye movement research, experimental paradigm