Author here. I did mention part of this in the blog post: > The study also found some alternative scanning patterns such as layer-cake pattern, spotted pattern

Author here. I did mention part of this in the blog post: > The study also found some alternative scanning patterns such as layer-cake pattern, spotted pattern, marking pattern, bypassing pattern, and commitment pattern. > It’s important to note that F-pattern is [negative for users](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-web-content/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-we...), but good content design can help prevent F-shape scanning.