TAM: Explaining off-object fixations and central fixation tendencies as effects of population averaging during search

Visual Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 515-545

  Zelinsky, Gregory J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centre of gravity fixations; Global effect; Saccade target selection; Selection for action

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL FIXATION; EYE POSITION; GAZE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OFF OBJECT FIXATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TARGET ACQUISITION MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84862178721     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2012.666577     Document Type: Article

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