How context information and target information guide the eyes from the first epoch of search in real-world scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Spotorno, Sara ^a,b   Malcolm, George L ^c   Tatler, Benjamin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context information; Eye movements; Spatial consistency; Target template; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTEXT INFORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL CONSISTENCY; TARGET TEMPLATE; VISUAL SEARCH; VISUAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

CONTEXT INFORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; SPATIAL CONSISTENCY; TARGET TEMPLATE; VISUAL SEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897724142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.2.7     Document Type: Article

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