Eye Movements During Mental Imagery are Not Reenactments of Perception
(2010) Cognitive Science conference p.1968-1973- Abstract
- In this study eye movements were recorded for participants in three different conditions. All three conditions consisted of a perception phase and an imagery phase. The imagery phase was similar for all conditions, i.e. participants looked freely at a blank white screen. But the perception phase was different for each condition. In a control condition participants looked freely at a complex picture. In the first experimental condition they looked at another complex picture but maintained fixation at the center of the picture. In the second experimental condition they maintained central fixation while listening to a verbal scene description. The results revealed that despite central fixation during perception in the two central gaze... (More)
- In this study eye movements were recorded for participants in three different conditions. All three conditions consisted of a perception phase and an imagery phase. The imagery phase was similar for all conditions, i.e. participants looked freely at a blank white screen. But the perception phase was different for each condition. In a control condition participants looked freely at a complex picture. In the first experimental condition they looked at another complex picture but maintained fixation at the center of the picture. In the second experimental condition they maintained central fixation while listening to a verbal scene description. The results revealed that despite central fixation during perception in the two central gaze conditions, participants’ eye movements were spread out during imagery and reflected spatial positions and directions of the picture or scene. These results contradict the assumption that eye movements during imagery are reenactments of perception. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Roger LU ; Holsanova, Jana LU and Holmqvist, Kenneth LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2010
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Eye-movements, Mental imagery, Spatial Cognition, Visual attention, Scene Description
- host publication
- Cognition in Flux
- editor
- Ohlsson, Stellan and Catrambone, Richard
- pages
- 1968 - 1973
- publisher
- Cognitive Science Society, Inc
- conference name
- Cognitive Science conference
- conference dates
- 0001-01-02
- project
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- aeff4865-c162-4197-933b-409c66b9ff29 (old id 1686862)
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