Eye and head movements in visual search in the extended field of view.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101563288 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-2322 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20452322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Rep Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : Nature Publishing Group, copyright 2011-
    • Subject Terms:
      Head Movements* ; Eye Movements*; Humans ; Visual Fields
    • Abstract:
      In natural environments, head movements are required to search for objects outside the field of view (FoV). Here we investigate the power of a salient target in an extended visual search array to facilitate faster detection once this item comes into the FoV by a head movement. We conducted two virtual reality experiments using spatially clustered sets of stimuli to observe target detection and head and eye movements during visual search. Participants completed search tasks with three conditions: (1) target in the initial FoV, (2) head movement needed to bring the target into the FoV, (3) same as condition 2 but the periphery was initially hidden and appeared after the head movement had brought the location of the target set into the FoV. We measured search time until participants found a more salient (O) or less salient (T) target among distractors (L). On average O's were found faster than T's. Gaze analysis showed that saliency facilitation occurred due to the target guiding the search only if it was within the initial FoV. When targets required a head movement to enter the FoV, participants followed the same search strategy as in trials without a visible target in the periphery. Moreover, faster search times for salient targets were only caused by the time required to find the target once the target set was reached. This suggests that the effect of stimulus saliency differs between visual search on fixed displays and when we are actively searching through an extended visual field.
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    • Grant Information:
      101086206 EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Eye movements; Head movements; Pattern matching; Search strategy; Virtual reality; Visual search
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240417 Date Completed: 20240419 Latest Revision: 20240425
    • Publication Date:
      20240425
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11023950
    • Accession Number:
      10.1038/s41598-024-59657-5
    • Accession Number:
      38632334