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THE USE OF ELECTRO‐OCULOGRAPHY FOR IDENTIFYING PHASES OF COGNITIVE PROCESS
Author(s) -
Rosen Sidney,
Czech Donald
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1966.tb02695.x
Subject(s) - stimulus (psychology) , psychology , electrooculography , cognition , audiology , eye movement , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , medicine
The present investigators were partly concerned with possible uses of electro‐oculography for studying the cognitive process in decision‐making situations involving nonneutral visual stimuli. S was faced with receiving an electric shock if on critical trials he correctly reported (manually) the identity of the visual stimulus, or with escaping shock by incorrect reporting. Electrooculogram responses were ascertained to identify eye movements. The first study employed slit geometric figures as critical stimuli and nonslit figures as noncritical stimuli. The second study differed only in using blanks as critical and nonblanks (figures) as noncritical stimuli. The 80 males in the first study showed longer ocular latency, then greater ocular avoidance (narrower excursions) but longer stimulus viewing, then longer poststimulus viewing on critical compared to noncritical trials. The 25 males in the second study showed relatively greater ocular latency, then greater ocular avoidance and briefer stimulus viewing, then briefer poststimulus viewing on critical trials. Discrepancies between the two studies were discussed. The results clearly indicate the applicability of electrooculography for identifying phases of cognitive process.