Humans perform goal-directed actions such as reaching for a light switch or grasping a
coffee mug thousands of times a day. Behind the scenes of these seemingly simple actions …

In a very influential yet anecdotal illustration, Yarbus suggested that human eye-movement
patterns are modulated top down by different task demands. While the hypothesis that it is …

The use of eye movements to explore scene processing has exploded over the last decade.
Eye movements provide distinct advantages when examining scene processing because …

A popular idea related to early brain development in autism is that a lack of attention to, or
interest in, social stimuli early in life interferes with the emergence of social brain networks …

Does viewing task influence gaze during dynamic scene viewing? Research into the factors
influencing gaze allocation during free viewing of dynamic scenes has reported that the …

How people look at visual information reveals fundamental information about them; their
interests and their states of mind. Previous studies showed that scanpath, ie, the sequence …

In 1967, Yarbus presented qualitative data from one observer showing that the patterns of
eye movements were dramatically affected by an observer's task, suggesting that complex …

We compared the influence of meaning and of salience on attentional guidance in scene
images. Meaning was captured by “meaning maps” representing the spatial distribution of …

Scene perception requires the orchestration of image-and task-related processes with
oculomotor constraints. The present study was designed to investigate how these factors …

While the close link between eye movements and visual attention has often been
demonstrated, recently distinct attentional modes have been associated with specific eye …