A cognitive computational model of eye movements investigating visual strategies on textual material

authors

• Lemaire Benoît
• Guérin-Dugué Anne
• Baccino Thierry
• Chanceaux Myriam
• Pasqualotti Léa

keywords

• Text
• Computational model
• Eye movements
• Visual strategy
• Text

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abstract

This article presents a computational model of the visual strategies involved in processing textual material. An experiment is presented in which participants performed different tasks on a multi-paragraph page (searching a target word, searching the most relevant paragraph according to a goal, memorizing paragraphs). The proposed model predicts eye movements based on 5 parameters. The weighting of parameters is determined for each task by means of a multidimensional comparison of participant and artificial scanpaths.

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