CRISP: A Computational Model of Fixation Durations in Scene Viewing

Psychological Review

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-405

  Nuthmann, Antje ^a   Smith, Tim J ^a   Engbert, Ralf ^b   Henderson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

computational modeling; eye movements; fixation durations; naturalistic scenes; onset delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION;

COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953164604     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018924     Document Type: Article

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