Open AccessEye Movements during dynamic scene viewing are affected by visual attention skills and events of the scene: Evidence from first-person shooter gameplay videos
Author(s) -
Suvi K. Holm,
Tuomo Häikiö,
Konstantin Olli,
Johanna K. Kaakinen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of eye movement research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 20
ISSN - 1995-8692
DOI - 10.16910/jemr.14.2.3
Subject(s) - eye movement , fixation (population genetics) , saccade , eye tracking , visual attention , visual search , psychology , computer vision , cognitive psychology , computer science , gaze contingency paradigm , visual perception , artificial intelligence , cognition , perception , population , demography , neuroscience , sociology
The role of individual differences during dynamic scene viewing was explored. Participants (N=38) watched a gameplay video of a first-person shooter (FPS) videogame while their eye movements were recorded. In addition, the participants' skills in three visual attention tasks (attentional blink, visual search, and multiple object tracking) were assessed. The results showed that individual differences in visual attention tasks were associated with eye movement patterns observed during viewing of the gameplay video. The differences were noted in four eye movement measures: number of fixations, fixation durations, saccade amplitudes and fixation distances from the center of the screen. The individual differences showed during specific events of the video as well as during the video as a whole. The results highlight that an unedited, fast-paced and cluttered dynamic scene can bring about individual differences in dynamic scene viewing.