Can Training Eyemovements Hinder Visual Search?
(2007) European Society for Cognitive Psychology- Abstract
- There have long been assumptions about optimal visual
strategies for specific tasks, arising from the differences noted
between experts’ and novices’ eye movements in domains as
diverse as reading, driving, rifle shooting, and cricket. However,
because there remains a gulf between theoretical models of eyemovement
control (e.g Findlay & Walker, 1999) and their use in
applied contexts, simply training novices eye-movements to
resemble those of experts may not lead to improvements in
performance (Donovan, Manning, Phillips, Highman, &
Crawford, 2005). It is plausible, based on Findlay & Walkers
model of saccade generation, that only training... (More) - There have long been assumptions about optimal visual
strategies for specific tasks, arising from the differences noted
between experts’ and novices’ eye movements in domains as
diverse as reading, driving, rifle shooting, and cricket. However,
because there remains a gulf between theoretical models of eyemovement
control (e.g Findlay & Walker, 1999) and their use in
applied contexts, simply training novices eye-movements to
resemble those of experts may not lead to improvements in
performance (Donovan, Manning, Phillips, Highman, &
Crawford, 2005). It is plausible, based on Findlay & Walkers
model of saccade generation, that only training people where to
look actually hinders the ability to process foveated stimuli (via
activation of the centre concerned with generating saccades and
inhibition of the centre concerned with maintaining fixation). A
series of experiments attempts to demonstrate this result,
suggesting that optimal training for complex visual tasks should
focus both on saccades and fixations. (Less)
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- author
- Dewhurst, Richard LU and Crundall, David
- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Training eye movements, Saccades, Fixations, Visual Search
- conference name
- European Society for Cognitive Psychology
- conference location
- Marseille, France
- conference dates
- 2007-08-29 - 2007-09-01
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Proceedings at http://sites.univ-provence.fr/wlpc/escop07_2/proceedings_ESCOP2007.pdf
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abstract = {{There have long been assumptions about optimal visual<br/><br>
strategies for specific tasks, arising from the differences noted<br/><br>
between experts’ and novices’ eye movements in domains as<br/><br>
diverse as reading, driving, rifle shooting, and cricket. However,<br/><br>
because there remains a gulf between theoretical models of eyemovement<br/><br>
control (e.g Findlay & Walker, 1999) and their use in<br/><br>
applied contexts, simply training novices eye-movements to<br/><br>
resemble those of experts may not lead to improvements in<br/><br>
performance (Donovan, Manning, Phillips, Highman, &<br/><br>
Crawford, 2005). It is plausible, based on Findlay & Walkers<br/><br>
model of saccade generation, that only training people where to<br/><br>
look actually hinders the ability to process foveated stimuli (via<br/><br>
activation of the centre concerned with generating saccades and<br/><br>
inhibition of the centre concerned with maintaining fixation). A<br/><br>
series of experiments attempts to demonstrate this result,<br/><br>
suggesting that optimal training for complex visual tasks should<br/><br>
focus both on saccades and fixations.}},
author = {{Dewhurst, Richard and Crundall, David}},
keywords = {{Training eye movements; Saccades; Fixations; Visual Search}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{Can Training Eyemovements Hinder Visual Search?}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6109219/1719909.pdf}},
year = {{2007}},
}