Foulsham, Tom (2012) "Eyes Closed" and "Eyes Open" Expectations Guide Fixations in Real-World Search. In: 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2012-08-01 - 2012-08-04, Sapporo, Japan.
Foulsham, Tom (2012) "Eyes Closed" and "Eyes Open" Expectations Guide Fixations in Real-World Search. In: 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2012-08-01 - 2012-08-04, Sapporo, Japan.
Foulsham, Tom (2012) "Eyes Closed" and "Eyes Open" Expectations Guide Fixations in Real-World Search. In: 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2012-08-01 - 2012-08-04, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract
Investigations of search within realistic scenes have identified both bottom-up and top-down influences on performance. Here, I describe two types of top-down expectations that might guide observers looking for objects. Initially, likely locations can be predicted based only on the target identity but without any visual information from the scene (?Eyes closed?). When a visual preview becomes available, a more refined prediction can be made based on scene layout (?Eyes open?). In two experiments participants guessed the location of a target with or without a brief preview of the scene. Responses were consistent between observers and were used to predict the eye movements of new observers in a third experiment. The results confirm that participants use both types of top-down cues during search, and provide a simple method for estimating these expectations in predictive models.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Additional Information: | Published proceedings: _not provided_ |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Scene perception; visual search; attention; eye movements |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2014 12:13 |
Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 01:44 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/9312 |
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