Abstract
There have long been assumptions about optimal visual
strategies for specific tasks, arising from the differences noted
between experts’ and novices’ eye movements in domains as
diverse as reading, driving, rifle shooting, and cricket. However,
because there remains a gulf between theoretical models of eyemovement
control (e.g Findlay & Walker, 1999) and their use in
applied contexts, simply training novices eye-movements to
resemble those of experts may not lead to improvements in
performance (Donovan, Manning, Phillips, Highman, &
Crawford, 2005). It is plausible, based on Findlay & Walkers
model of saccade generation, that only training people where to
look actually hinders the ability to process foveated stimuli (via
activation of the centre concerned with generating saccades and
inhibition of the centre concerned with maintaining fixation). A
series of experiments attempts to demonstrate this result,
suggesting that optimal training for complex visual tasks should
focus both on saccades and fixations.
strategies for specific tasks, arising from the differences noted
between experts’ and novices’ eye movements in domains as
diverse as reading, driving, rifle shooting, and cricket. However,
because there remains a gulf between theoretical models of eyemovement
control (e.g Findlay & Walker, 1999) and their use in
applied contexts, simply training novices eye-movements to
resemble those of experts may not lead to improvements in
performance (Donovan, Manning, Phillips, Highman, &
Crawford, 2005). It is plausible, based on Findlay & Walkers
model of saccade generation, that only training people where to
look actually hinders the ability to process foveated stimuli (via
activation of the centre concerned with generating saccades and
inhibition of the centre concerned with maintaining fixation). A
series of experiments attempts to demonstrate this result,
suggesting that optimal training for complex visual tasks should
focus both on saccades and fixations.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | European Society for Cognitive Psychology - Marseille, France Duration: 2007 Aug 29 → 2007 Sept 1 |
Conference
| Conference | European Society for Cognitive Psychology |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Marseille |
| Period | 2007/08/29 → 2007/09/01 |
Bibliographical note
Proceedings at http://sites.univ-provence.fr/wlpc/escop07_2/proceedings_ESCOP2007.pdfSubject classification (UKÄ)
- Information Systems, Social aspects (including Human Aspects of ICT)
Free keywords
- Training eye movements
- Saccades
- Fixations
- Visual Search