Cognitive Processes in Eye Guidance - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198566816 ISBN 13: 9780198566816

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Whether reading, looking at a picture, or driving, how is it that we know where to look next - how does the human visual system calculate where our gaze should be directed in order to achieve our cognitive aims? Of course, there is an interaction between the decisions about where we should look and about how long we should look there. However, our eyes do not just move randomly over the visual field - whether we are reading, driving, or solving a problem. There are systematic variations not only in the duration of each eye fixation, but also in what we are looking at. It is these variations in eye movements that can tell us much about the cognitive processes involved in the performance of these activities. Within reading research, great progress has already been made in understanding these processes and there are now a number of competing and well-formed models. In some other areas of perception, the development of formal theories and the search for critical evidence is less advanced. This book brings together leading vision scientists studying eye movements across a range of activities, such as reading, driving, computer activities, and chess. It provides groundbreaking new research that will help us understand how it is that we know where to move our eyes, and thereby better understand the cognitive processes underlying these activities.

About this title

About the Author:

Geoffrey Underwood is at Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

Review:

This volume is a must-have for any researcher seeking a broad but in-depth review of the cognitive factors influencing eye-movement control. * THES *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0198566816
• ISBN 13: 9780198566816
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Underwood Geoffrey