Eye movements as a probe of attention.

Journal article

Most studies of visual attention have used indirect manual reaction time measures to make inferences about where processing priority is allocated in the scene. Eye tracking offers an important opportunity to probe more directly where attention is deployed, in both health and disease. Here we provide a selective overview of oculomotor investigations which have demonstrated how attention can be captured "bottom-up" by conspicuous elements in the scene as well as how it can be allocated "top-dow...

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Authors: Duc, A; Bays, P; Husain, M

• Journal: Progress in brain research
• Volume: 171
• Pages: 403-411
• Publication date: 2008-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)00659-6
• EISSN: 1875-7855
• ISSN: 0079-6123
• Language: English
• Keywords: Attention; Humans; Eye Movements; Brain Mapping; Visual Perception