The Relationship Between Spatial Attention and Eye Movements

2019 ◽  
pp. 255-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia R. Hunt ◽  
Josephine Reuther ◽  
Matthew D. Hilchey ◽  
Raymond M. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Voluntary Spatial Attention has Different Effects on Voluntary and Reflexive Saccades

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 881-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie K. Seidlits ◽  
Tammie Reza ◽  
Kevin A. Briand ◽  
Anne B. Sereno
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Saccadic Eye Movements ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
Fixation Condition ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Symbolic Cues ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reflexive Saccades ◽  
Gap Paradigm

Although numerous studies have investigated the relationship between saccadic eye movements and spatial attention, one fundamental issue remains controversial. Some studies have suggested that spatial attention facilitates saccades, whereas others have claimed that eye movements are actually inhibited when spatial attention is engaged. However, these discrepancies may be because previous research has neglected to separate and specify the effects of attention for two distinct types of saccades, namely reflexive (stimulus-directed) and voluntary (antisaccades). The present study explored the effects of voluntary spatial attention on both voluntary and reflexive saccades. Results indicate that voluntary spatial attention has different effects on the two types of saccades. Antisaccades were always greatly facilitated following the engagement of spatial attention by symbolic cues (arrows) informing the subject where the upcoming saccade should be directed. Reflexive saccades showed little or no cueing effects and exhibited significant facilitation only when these cues were randomly intermixed with uncued trials. In addition, the present study tested the effects of fixation condition (gap, step, and overlap) on attentional modulation. Cueing effects did not vary due to fixation condition. Thus, voluntary spatial attention consistently showed different effects on voluntary and reflexive saccades, and there was no evidence in these studies that voluntary cues inhibit reflexive saccades, even in a gap paradigm.

scholarly journals Interference between smooth pursuit and color working memory

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shulin Yue ◽  
Zhenlan Jin ◽  
Chenggui Fan ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Ling Li
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Eye Movements ◽  
Visual Field ◽  
Spatial Attention ◽  
Smooth Pursuit ◽  
Spatial Working Memory ◽  
Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements ◽  
Match To Sample ◽  
Pursuit Eye Movements ◽  
The Relationship

Spatial working memory (WM) and spatial attention are closely related, but the relationship between non-spatial WM and spatial attention still remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the interaction between color WM and smooth pursuit eye movements. A modified delayed-match-to-sample paradigm (DMS) was applied with 2 or 4 items presented in each visual field. Subjects memorized the colors of items in the cued visual field and smoothly moved eyes towards or away from memorized items during retention interval despite that the colored items were no longer visible. The WM performance decreased with higher load in general. More importantly, the WM performance was better when subjects pursued towards rather than away from the cued visual field. Meanwhile, the pursuit gain decreased with higher load and demonstrated a higher result when pursuing away from the cued visual field. These results indicated that spatial attention, guiding attention to the memorized items, benefits color WM. Therefore, we propose that a competition for attention resources exists between color WM and smooth pursuit eye movements.

The relationship between eye movements and subsequent recognition: Evidence from individual differences and amnesia

Cortex ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 182-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna K. Olsen ◽  
Vinoja Sebanayagam ◽  
Yunjo Lee ◽  
Morris Moscovitch ◽  
Cheryl L. Grady ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Eye Movements ◽  
The Relationship

Spatial Attention and Eye Movements

2017 ◽  
pp. 159-196
Author(s):  
Stefan Van der Stigchel ◽  
Tanja C.W. Nijboer
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Spatial Attention

scholarly journals Tracking eye movements when solving geometry problems with handwriting devices

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. H. Lin ◽  
Sunny S. J. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Dwell Time ◽  
Problem Area ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Perceived Difficulty ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Similar Triangles ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sensitive Pressure

The present study investigated the following issues: (1) whether differences are evident in the eye movement measures of successful and unsuccessful problem-solvers; (2) what is the relationship between perceived difficulty and eye movement measures; and (3) whether eye movements in various AOIs differ when solving problems. Sixty-three 11th grade students solved five geometry problems about the properties of similar triangles. A digital drawing tablet and sensitive pressure pen were used to record the responses. The results indicated that unsuccessful solvers tended to have more fixation counts, run counts, and longer dwell time on the problem area, whereas successful solvers focused more on the calculation area. In addition, fixation counts, dwell time, and run counts in the diagram area were positively correlated with the perceived difficulty, suggesting that understanding similar triangles may require translation or mental rotation. We argue that three eye movement measures (i.e., fixation counts, dwell time, and run counts) are appropriate for use in examining problem solving given that they differentiate successful from unsuccessful solvers and correlate with perceived difficulty. Furthermore, the eye-tracking technique provides objective measures of students’ cognitive load for instructional designers.

Exploring the relationship between eye movements and levodopa long duration response in drug-naïve Parkinson's disease patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 117645
Author(s):  
Giovanni Mostile ◽  
Claudio Terravecchia ◽  
Clara Grazia Chisari ◽  
Antonina Luca ◽  
Roberta Terranova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Eye Movements ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Drug Naïve ◽  
The Relationship

Atypical Visual Scan Path Affects Remembering in ADHD

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 557-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasrin Mohammadhasani ◽  
Tindara Caprì ◽  
Andrea Nucita ◽  
Giancarlo Iannizzotto ◽  
Rosa Angela Fabio
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Word Memory Test ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Word Memory ◽  
Scan Path ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Eye Movements During Reading ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractObjective:Several studies agree on the link between attention and eye movements during reading. It has been well established that attention and working memory (WM) interact. A question that could be addressed to better understand these relationships is: to what extent can an attention deficit affect eye movements and, consequently, remembering a word? The main aims of the present study were (1) to compare visual patterns of word stimuli between children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and typically developing (TD) children, during a visual task on word stimuli; (2) to examine the WM accuracy of the word stimuli; and (3) to compare the dynamic of visual scan path in both groups.Method:A total of 49 children with ADHD, age and sex matched with 32 TD children, were recruited. We used eye-tracking technology in which the Word Memory Test was implemented. To highlight the scan path of participants, two measures were used: the ordered direction of reading and the entropy index.Results:ADHD groups showed a poorer WM than TD group. They did not follow a typical scan path across the words compared with TD children, but their visual scanning was discontinuous, uncoordinated, and chaotic. ADHD groups showed an index of entropy among the four categories of saccades higher than TD group.Conclusions:The findings were discussed in light of two directions: the relationship between atypical visual scan path and WM and the training implications related to the necessity of redirecting the dynamic of visual scan path in ADHD to improve WM.

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