The Phenomenology of Eye Movement Intentions and their Disruption in Goal-Directed Actions

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Abstract

The role of intentions in motor planning is heavily weighted in classical psychological theories, but their role in generating eye movements, and our awareness of these oculomotor intentions, has not been investigated explicitly. In this study, the extent to which we monitor oculomotor intentions, i.e. the intentions to shift one’s gaze towards a specific location, and whether they can be expressed in conscious experience, is investigated. A forced-choice decision task was developed where a pair of faces moved systematically across a screen. In some trials, the pair of faces moved additionally as soon as the participants attempted to gaze at one of the faces, preventing them from ever viewing it. The results of the experiment suggest that humans in general do not monitor their eye movement intentions in a way that allows for mismatches between planned gaze landing target and resulting gaze landing target to be consciously experienced during decision-making.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
EditorsTim Rogers, Marina Rau, Jerry Zhu, Chuck Kalish
Place of PublicationAustin, TX
PublisherCognitive Science Society, Inc
Pages973-978
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-9911967-8-4
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventCogSci 2018: 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society - Madison, Madison, United States
Duration: 2018 Jul 252018 Jul 28
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference/cogsci-2018/

Conference

ConferenceCogSci 2018
Abbreviated titleCogSci 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMadison
Period2018/07/252018/07/28
Internet address

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Philosophy
  • Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)

Free keywords

  • cognitive science
  • eye tracking
  • decision-making
  • intentions
  • phenomenology
  • self-knowledge

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