Abstract
This study examines how salience and a center bias drive infants’ first fixation while looking at complex scenes. Adults are known to have a strong center bias, their first point of gaze is nearly always in the center of the scene. The center bias is likely to be a strategic bias, as looking towards the center minimizes the distance to other parts of the scene and important objects are often located at the center. In an experimental design varying salience regions of scenes and start positions we examined infants’ (N = 48, Age = 5–20-month-olds) first fixation after scene onset. The pre-registered hypothesis that infants also have a center bias while looking at real-world scenes was confirmed. The strength of the center bias is correlated with the saliency distribution such that the bias is weaker when the strongest salience is peripheral rather central. In the absence of clear salient regions there still was a strong center bias. These results suggests there is a competition between stimulus-driven factors and a center bias in steering attention from a young age onwards.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 44-53 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Vision Research |
| Volume | 154 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2019 |
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Keywords
- Center bias
- Infant eye movements
- Scene perception
- Visual attention
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Infants’ center bias in free viewing of real-world scenes. / van Renswoude, Daan R.; van den Berg, Linda; Raijmakers, Maartje E.J.; Visser, Ingmar.
In: Vision Research, Vol. 154, 01.01.2019, p. 44-53.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - Infants’ center bias in free viewing of real-world scenes
AU - van Renswoude, Daan R.
AU - van den Berg, Linda
AU - Raijmakers, Maartje E.J.
AU - Visser, Ingmar
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This study examines how salience and a center bias drive infants’ first fixation while looking at complex scenes. Adults are known to have a strong center bias, their first point of gaze is nearly always in the center of the scene. The center bias is likely to be a strategic bias, as looking towards the center minimizes the distance to other parts of the scene and important objects are often located at the center. In an experimental design varying salience regions of scenes and start positions we examined infants’ (N = 48, Age = 5–20-month-olds) first fixation after scene onset. The pre-registered hypothesis that infants also have a center bias while looking at real-world scenes was confirmed. The strength of the center bias is correlated with the saliency distribution such that the bias is weaker when the strongest salience is peripheral rather central. In the absence of clear salient regions there still was a strong center bias. These results suggests there is a competition between stimulus-driven factors and a center bias in steering attention from a young age onwards.
AB - This study examines how salience and a center bias drive infants’ first fixation while looking at complex scenes. Adults are known to have a strong center bias, their first point of gaze is nearly always in the center of the scene. The center bias is likely to be a strategic bias, as looking towards the center minimizes the distance to other parts of the scene and important objects are often located at the center. In an experimental design varying salience regions of scenes and start positions we examined infants’ (N = 48, Age = 5–20-month-olds) first fixation after scene onset. The pre-registered hypothesis that infants also have a center bias while looking at real-world scenes was confirmed. The strength of the center bias is correlated with the saliency distribution such that the bias is weaker when the strongest salience is peripheral rather central. In the absence of clear salient regions there still was a strong center bias. These results suggests there is a competition between stimulus-driven factors and a center bias in steering attention from a young age onwards.
KW - Center bias
KW - Infant eye movements
KW - Scene perception
KW - Visual attention
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