Eye-movement parameters in pattern recognition.

1 January 1967

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology

Vol. 74 (2, Pt.1) , 225-229
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0024559

Abstract

IN VISUALLY SCANNING 9 SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENTED PATTERNS, HUMAN SS FIXATED SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER ON (1) PATTERNS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR (I.E., ON TARGETS) THAN ON PATTERNS THEY WERE NOT LOOKING FOR, AND (2) PATTERNS THAT EXACTLY MATCHED A MEMORIZED STANDARD PATTERN THAN ON PATTERNS THAT DIFFERED FROM THIS STANDARD. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT (1) SS MAY HAVE A GENERALIZED TENDENCY, WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS, TO LOOK LONGER AT STIMULI THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THAN AT STIMULI THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR; AND (2) SS MAKE DEFINITE ANALYTIC COMPARISONS OF THE DETAILS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A MEMORIZED STANDARD PATTERN AND A GIVEN FIXATED PATTERN, AS OPPOSED TO DETECTING A FIXATED PATTERN IN A MORE IMMEDIATE OR HOLISTIC MANNER. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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