Effects of Peripheral Vision on Eye Movements A Virtual Reality Study on Gaze Allocation in Naturalistic Tasks /

• Main Author: Hitzel, Elena (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; General Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

Elena Hitzel pursues the idea that human gaze locations are influenced by currently non-fixated objects that are visible in the peripheral visual field. Using eye tracking equipment and a Virtual Reality system to provide naturalistic tasks, the author shows that gaze is biased towards a neighboring...

Table of Contents:

• The Allocation of Gaze in Natural Tasks
• An Effect of Peripheral Information on Gaze
• A Visual Center of Gravity Effect in Real-Life Tasks.- The Tasks-Relevance of Objects and its Impact on Gaze Position.  .