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ArticlePerception2024

Perceptual task drives later fixations and long latency saccades, while early fixations and short latency saccades are more automatic.

Anna Metzger, Robert John Ennis, Katja Doerschner, Matteo Toscani

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Article in Perception, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. How Does Peripheral Vision Feel Rich? A Selective Review.Journal of eye movement research · 2026
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Anna MetzgerDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Robert John EnnisDepartment of Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Katja DoerschnerDepartment of Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Matteo ToscaniDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1884-5533

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We used a simple stimulus, dissociating perceptually relevant information in space, to differentiate between bottom-up and task-driven fixations. Six participants viewed a dynamic scene showing the reaction of an elastic object fixed to the ceiling being hit. In one condition they had to judge the object's stiffness and in the other condition its lightness. The results show that initial fixations tend to land in the centre of an object, independent of the task. After the initial fixation, participants tended to look at task diagnostic regions. This fixation behaviour correlates with high perceptual performance. Similarly, low-latency saccades lead to fixations that do not depend on the task, whereas higher latency does.

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Fixation, OcularReaction TimeSaccadesAdultFemaleHumansMaleVisual PerceptionYoung Adultattentioneye movementslightness/brightnessperceptionsurfaces/materialstracking/shifting attention

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PMID38863405
PMCPMC11318208

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