Evidence for two distinct mechanisms directing gaze in natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Mackay, Michael ^a,b   Cerf, Moran ^a,c   Koch, Christof ^a,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift diffusion model; Eye tracking; Natural scenes; Saccadic latency; Saliency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EYE FIXATION; FACE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ATTENTION; FACE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84861136447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.4.9     Document Type: Article

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