Gaze behaviour during space perception and spatial decision making

Authors: Wiener, J.M., Hölscher, C., Büchner, S. and Konieczny, L.

Journal: Psychological Research

Pages: 1-17

eISSN: 1430-2772

ISSN: 0340-0727

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Gaze behaviour during space perception and spatial decision making.

Authors: Wiener, J.M., Hölscher, C., Büchner, S. and Konieczny, L.

Journal: Psychol Res

Volume: 76

Issue: 6

Pages: 713-729

eISSN: 1430-2772

DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0397-5

Abstract:

A series of four experiments investigating gaze behavior and decision making in the context of wayfinding is reported. Participants were presented with screenshots of choice points taken in large virtual environments. Each screenshot depicted alternative path options. In Experiment 1, participants had to decide between them to find an object hidden in the environment. In Experiment 2, participants were first informed about which path option to take as if following a guided route. Subsequently, they were presented with the same images in random order and had to indicate which path option they chose during initial exposure. In Experiment 1, we demonstrate (1) that participants have a tendency to choose the path option that featured the longer line of sight, and (2) a robust gaze bias towards the eventually chosen path option. In Experiment 2, systematic differences in gaze behavior towards the alternative path options between encoding and decoding were observed. Based on data from Experiments 1 and 2 and two control experiments ensuring that fixation patterns were specific to the spatial tasks, we develop a tentative model of gaze behavior during wayfinding decision making suggesting that particular attention was paid to image areas depicting changes in the local geometry of the environments such as corners, openings, and occlusions. Together, the results suggest that gaze during a wayfinding tasks is directed toward, and can be predicted by, a subset of environmental features and that gaze bias effects are a general phenomenon of visual decision making.

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Gaze behaviour during space perception and spatial decision making

Authors: Wiener, J.M., Hoelscher, C., Buechner, S. and Konieczny, L.

Journal: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG

Volume: 76

Issue: 6

Pages: 713-729

eISSN: 1430-2772

ISSN: 0340-0727

DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0397-5

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Gaze behaviour during space perception and spatial decision making

Authors: Wiener, J.M., Hölscher, C., Büchner, S. and Konieczny, L.

Journal: Psychological Research

Volume: 76

Issue: 6

Pages: 713-729

DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0397-5

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Preferred by: Jan Wiener

Gaze behaviour during space perception and spatial decision making.

Authors: Wiener, J.M., Hölscher, C., Büchner, S. and Konieczny, L.

Journal: Psychological research

Volume: 76

Issue: 6

Pages: 713-729

eISSN: 1430-2772

ISSN: 0340-0727

DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0397-5

Abstract:

A series of four experiments investigating gaze behavior and decision making in the context of wayfinding is reported. Participants were presented with screenshots of choice points taken in large virtual environments. Each screenshot depicted alternative path options. In Experiment 1, participants had to decide between them to find an object hidden in the environment. In Experiment 2, participants were first informed about which path option to take as if following a guided route. Subsequently, they were presented with the same images in random order and had to indicate which path option they chose during initial exposure. In Experiment 1, we demonstrate (1) that participants have a tendency to choose the path option that featured the longer line of sight, and (2) a robust gaze bias towards the eventually chosen path option. In Experiment 2, systematic differences in gaze behavior towards the alternative path options between encoding and decoding were observed. Based on data from Experiments 1 and 2 and two control experiments ensuring that fixation patterns were specific to the spatial tasks, we develop a tentative model of gaze behavior during wayfinding decision making suggesting that particular attention was paid to image areas depicting changes in the local geometry of the environments such as corners, openings, and occlusions. Together, the results suggest that gaze during a wayfinding tasks is directed toward, and can be predicted by, a subset of environmental features and that gaze bias effects are a general phenomenon of visual decision making.

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