Spatial and Temporal Properties of Gaze Return Fixations While Viewing Affective Images

Lubov Podladchikova; Dmitry Shaposhnikov; Tatiana Koltunova; Dmitry Lazurenko; Valery Kiroy

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Spatial and Temporal Properties of Gaze Return Fixations While Viewing Affective Images

Lubov Podladchikova, Dmitry Shaposhnikov, Tatiana Koltunova, Dmitry Lazurenko, Valery Kiroy

Published in Advances in Applied Physiology (Volume 5, Issue 2)

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Abstract

Spatial and temporal properties of gaze return fixations on recently viewed regions during free viewing of affective images from The International Affective System (IAPS) image database are considered. In each test, 10 positive, 10 negative, and 10 neutral images were presented for each Subject (n=20). It was revealed that the probability of the return fixations varied from 0,04 up to 0,42 for different Subjects and images (the average probability for negative, neutral and positive images was equal to 0,090±0,009, 0,079±0,012 and 0,076±0,009). It was shown that the distributions of return fixations duration and preceding (returning) saccades amplitude had a bimodal character. Besides, a tendency to increase the return fixation duration with a decrease in amplitude of the preceding saccades was revealed. Return fixations which located inside the areas of interest determined by analysis of the spatial distribution of all fixations (both regular and return ones) had maximal density and duration as compared with the other image regions. Finally, the volunteers with dominant focal viewing scan-paths had a higher probability of return fixations than those with scanning trajectories (0,09±0,003 and 0,05±0,006). On the base of the obtained results, the opportunity to estimate the dominant component of visual attention during the current stage of the dynamic process of image viewing and prospective studies of return fixations have been discussed.

Published in	Advances in Applied Physiology (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.aap.20200502.16
Page(s)	42-47
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IAPS Image Databases, Eye Movements, Return Gaze Fixations, Areas of Interest, Duration and Density of Fixations, Saccade Amplitude, Focal and Scanning Viewing Scan-Paths

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Lubov Podladchikova

Centre of Neurotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Dmitry Shaposhnikov

Centre of Neurotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Tatiana Koltunova

Centre of Neurotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Dmitry Lazurenko

Centre of Neurotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Valery Kiroy

Centre of Neurotechnology, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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