Eye-tracking study of animate objects
Apstrakt
This study involved presentation of animate objects under labelling and non-labelling conditions and examination of participants' looking pattern across these conditions. Results revealed a surprisingly consistent way in which adults look at the pictures of animate objects. The head/eyes of the animals were a typical region attracting a number of fixations, but also some other parts of animals (e.g. the tail in cats, or the udder in cows and the body in snakes). Furthermore, not only did participants tend to look at similar regions of the pictures of animate objects, but also the looking order to these regions was consistent across participants. However, contrary to the original predictions, these patterns of fixations were similar across the naming and non-naming conditions ('Look at the lt target gt !', 'Look at the picture!' and 'What's this?', respectively), which led to the conclusion that participants' consistency in processing animate objects was not reflecting underlying men...tal representation evoked by labels, but was rather driven by the structural similarity of animate objects, in particular the presence of a head.
Ključne reči:
mental representations / eye-tracking / animate objectsIzvor:
Psihologija, 2009, 42, 3, 307-327Izdavač:
- Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
DOI: 10.2298/PSI0903307K
ISSN: 0048-5705
WoS: 000269261600003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-77950529559
Institucija/grupa
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Ković, Vanja AU - Plunkett, Kim AU - Westermann, Gert PY - 2009 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/879 AB - This study involved presentation of animate objects under labelling and non-labelling conditions and examination of participants' looking pattern across these conditions. Results revealed a surprisingly consistent way in which adults look at the pictures of animate objects. The head/eyes of the animals were a typical region attracting a number of fixations, but also some other parts of animals (e.g. the tail in cats, or the udder in cows and the body in snakes). Furthermore, not only did participants tend to look at similar regions of the pictures of animate objects, but also the looking order to these regions was consistent across participants. However, contrary to the original predictions, these patterns of fixations were similar across the naming and non-naming conditions ('Look at the lt target gt !', 'Look at the picture!' and 'What's this?', respectively), which led to the conclusion that participants' consistency in processing animate objects was not reflecting underlying mental representation evoked by labels, but was rather driven by the structural similarity of animate objects, in particular the presence of a head. PB - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd T2 - Psihologija T1 - Eye-tracking study of animate objects EP - 327 IS - 3 SP - 307 VL - 42 DO - 10.2298/PSI0903307K ER -
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Ković, V., Plunkett, K.,& Westermann, G.. (2009). Eye-tracking study of animate objects. in Psihologija Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 42(3), 307-327. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0903307K
Ković V, Plunkett K, Westermann G. Eye-tracking study of animate objects. in Psihologija. 2009;42(3):307-327. doi:10.2298/PSI0903307K .
Ković, Vanja, Plunkett, Kim, Westermann, Gert, "Eye-tracking study of animate objects" in Psihologija, 42, no. 3 (2009):307-327, https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0903307K . .